We suspended Mixed Signals yesterday, in honor of July 4th, so we missed our weekly Tuesday music notes.

NPR: The Best Living Songwriters

Over at The Weekly Standard, Joy Pullmann notes that a draft IRS regulation could cause serious headaches for charter schools around the country.

FORBES: Charter Schools, Pensions and Golden Handcuffs

As I scanned the Web prior to posting, I noticed that the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, which has now commenced its own weekly Asia recap, was hitting all five notes I had in mind.

FORBES: Asia's Week: Kuroda Speaks Louder Than Kim