I’ll be in transit back home from the Bay Area, where I’ve been conducting interviews for a forthcoming project, for much of today, but blogging will be back in full force tomorrow. For now, here are my last two columns: the first is on how “demand-side conservatism” can offer House Republicans a way forward — the argument is that conservatives would profit from embracing “win-win” policies that would achieve cost savings for taxpayers while offering tangible benefits to consumers of public services, like Medicare beneficiaries, parents of public school students, and student loan recipients, that are designed to nudge U.S. households towards self-reliance. The second is on Britain’s fiscal consolidation effort and its potential lessons for the U.S.