At least one participant was strident about phasing out QE and letting interest rates begin to rise, arguing vociferously that QE was just the most recent terrible major policy making mistake for America.

FORBES: My Cohort Believes QE Only Benefits the Nation's Wealthiest

South Korean negotiators had been seeking a new nuclear-cooperation agreement with the U.S. that would allow it to begin enriching uranium and reprocessing spent reactor fuel, arguing these technologies are crucial for Seoul to expand and secure its civilian nuclear-power program.

WSJ: U.S. Opposes Japan's Nuclear Plan

We move civilization backward when we begin from the assumption that anyone who disagrees with us is arguing in bad faith.

FORBES: Labor Pains In Madison

No longer is there an appetite for Tebow superlatives or endless iterations of Tebow arguing (an appetite that was probably grossly overstated to begin with).

WSJ: Jason Gay: No, Not Another Tebow Story

He believes the relationship between home values and spending is not straightforward, arguing that it is too soon for a cyclical bond-market rally to begin and that a secular, or long-term, rally is unlikely.

ECONOMIST: American Treasuries gain a new following