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DownWithTyranny!: How do we thank Justice David Souter for his service?

DownWithTyranny!: How do we thank Justice David Souter for his service?
Source: downwithtyranny.blog…
— Dana Milbank’s Washington Post account of retiring Justice David Souter’s response to Chief Justice John Roberts’ reading of a letter to Souter from his eight current colleagues as well as his longtime former colleague, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor — and the justice’s parting words
    One HUGE thing we need to thank him for, I think, is that he stuck around in a city he hated for 7 years longer than he really wanted to, so that his replacement would not be named by George W. Bush.    
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Op-Ed Columnist – How Long Is Long Enough? – NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Columnist – How Long Is Long Enough? – NYTimes.com
Source: www.nytimes.com
Mohammed Jawad was captured as a teenager in Kabul and tortured in American custody. Now administration lawyers are blocking efforts to secure his freedom.
    Done in our name, to this day: “There is no credible evidence against Jawad, and his torture-induced confession has rightly been ruled inadmissible by a military judge. But the Obama administration does not feel that he has suffered enough.”    
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Open Left:: Iran As Mirror/Lover

Open Left:: Iran As Mirror/Lover
Source: www.openleft.com
Iran’s meaning is dense, dynamic, complex and immediate-it is half like a mirror to us, half like a lover (“I’ll Be Your Mirror” as Nico sang.)
    Art changes the mind, the heart, the world. “It wasn’t Ronald Reagan who won the Cold War. It was Lou Reed and Frank Zappa. And Nico. “