4 Things You Need To Read — May 17 Edition

How three decades of airline deregulation is destroying Cincinnati and St. Louis, along with chunks of the American economy.

It’s a long way away, but the Justice Department might have to ultimately clip Facebook’s wings.

Mitt Romney’s security guards are bullies — just like their boss was in high school!

Okay, here’s a crazy conspiracy theory you haven’t heard before: the Violence Against Women Act is designed to empower lying immigrant women who claim rape so they’re not deported. And, somehow, Republican congressmen believe it.

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