[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- John Boehner’s Plan For Jobs: Do Nothing
- [Crooks and Liars]
- The Social Contract
- [Hullabaloo - guest post by batochhio]
- Christianity: You’re Doing It Wrong
- [Firedoglake]
Raw Story has an interesting article about Faith in Public Life’s campaign to spread awareness of Glenn Beck’s “warped gospel” and his outrageous claim that talk of social or economic justice is tantamount to Marxism or Nazism (because if there was one thing Stalin and Hitler were known for, it was their intense commitment to social justice), and it reminded me once again of the obscenity of conservatives claiming the mantle of Christianity while opposing everything Jesus stood for.
- What is an Enemy Combatant?
- [Constitutional Law Prof Blog]
David Mortlock, attorney-adviser at the State Department, takes up this question in his recent blog post at the American Constitution Society and article in the Harvard Law & Policy Review. Mortlock notes that the courts don’t have a settled definition…
- Hyperfast Star Kicked Out of Milky Way
- [Wired: Science]
New Hubble observations suggest a dramatic origin story for one of the fastest stars ever detected, involving a tragic encounter with a black hole, a lost companion and swift exile from the galaxy.
The star, HE 0437-5439, is one of just 16 so-called hypervelocity stars…
- Disappearing Iceland
- [Photography Served]
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