Revisiting Joan Didion’s “Slouching Toward Bethlehem”
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The second execution
The execution of Troy Davis presents a strong case against the death penalty—but what about arguments that are harder to make?
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Cameron Todd Willingham: it only gets worse
You might remember that, a few weeks ago, Michael Miner wrote about the Cameron Todd Willingham story, originally broken by Steve Mills and Maurice Possley of/then of the Tribune. More recently it was covered by the New Yorker, Bob Herbert, and many other people and publications. Anyway, now that the ball is back in Gov. […]
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Sonia Sotomayor beats out Diane Wood for SCOTUS, but what’s next?
The Sotomayor nomination could get ugly fast – even if she’ll probably get confirmed anyway – but there are more interesting things to read if you drill down.