Another "PMCIN Pie." Suggestions are always welcome.

Energy: Leading by example.

Transportation: There's still no permanent FAA funding. But for this, your pie maker would approve Congress for its functional laziness, described below.

Security: A grand bargain has, in fact, been achieved, but no one wants it.

Grain Production: New and more interesting ways of making bread, with thanks to On Being.

Fruit Production: We do, in fact, export tasty things from Virginia.

Dairy Production: As always, it seems, this is the hardest one to find referenced in mainstream news.

Housing: LA's low rent district might be closing down. It's tempting to tell them to "get a job", but who's hiring young graduates without strong programming skills?

Health: Interest trumps ideology in rural California.

Pie-In-The-Sky: This sounds like fun, but it's a depressing reminder that the Romans had a steam engine and viewed it as a toy because it didn't fit their economic model.