Sen. Edward Kennedy, 77, Has Died of Brain Cancer

From ABC News: The man known as the “liberal lion of the Senate” had fought a more than year-long battle with brain cancer, and according to his son had lived longer with the disease than his doctors expected him to. “We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light...

Small, Mobile Interrogation Teams To Interrogate High-Value Suspects

Spencer Ackerman is cautiously optimistic about the details emerging on the interrogation teams that a task force within the Obama administration has been putting together. Ackerman was the first journalist to report the administration’s plans for these teams, which are being publicly revealed in a...

With Democrats Like These, Redux

Upon reading his latest public statement on health reform legislation,  it seems all-too-apparent that co-op-luvvin’ DINO Sen. Kent Conrad, one of 6 senators inexplicably tasked with determining the fate of US health insurance,  has officially lost the plot, as publius notes: When law students learn...

Paul Krugman on Progressive Anger

We get a bonus Paul Krugman column today, because he is subbing for David Brooks, and it’s a must-read. Krugman is “shocked and surprised” that Pres. Obama is “shocked and surprised” by the growing reports of progressive anger with Obama on health care reform. What is...

Free Speech Tears Are Only for CEOs, Not Employees

Another point I’ve been thinking about regarding the Whole Foods boycott is the double standard of defending CEO John Mackey on the grounds that a boycott chills free speech while saying nothing of the numerous employees who have been fired over the years for speaking on line. CNN posts an interesting...