A long and very good post from Amptoons on the new abortion ban legislation.

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Media critic, novelist, and all-purpose hepcat Doug Rushkoff has just announced a tour in support of his forthcoming book about “open source” Judaism, Nothing Sacred. He’ll be in D.C. on April 9th at (where else?) Politics and Prose. Update: Speaking of P&P, Eve Tushnet’s best friend Peter Singer will be there on the 26th of […]

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Amitai Etzioni reports his horror at discovering that Au Bon Pain, where he frequently buys lunch, takes out COLIs (Corporate Owned Life Insurance policies) on some of its employees. The idea here is that the company takes out a policy with itself as the beneficiary in the event of the employee’s death, and in many […]

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audblog audio post I hope the RIAA is willing to regard the Beta Band in the background as “fair use.”

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Sara links a story that reminds me why, all in all, suburban New Jersey was a fine place to grow up. The “West Memphis Three” are a trio of teenagers who’ve been in prison for over six years—one on death row—for the gruesome slayings of three young boys. It sure looks as though they probably […]

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Gene makes a point that’s been running through my head lately, which is that almost regardless of what happens in the coming war, the hawks will probably take it as a vindication. If we see a surge in domestic terrorism, it will be proof that Iraq and al-Qaeda are linked, and that it’s important to […]

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I wonder if a more vigorous Congress will have to prevent the Supreme Court from upholding a decision protecting the First Amendment in public libraries? The 3rd Circuit just struck the odious Child Online Protection Act.

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CalPundit points to a WaTi story reporting that Congress may opt to restrict the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to prevent them from hearing the Pledge of Allegiance case. Cowed Democrats, again demonstrating that whatever civil libertarian principles they may harbor are nothing next to their terror of appearing unpatriotic, have gone along with nary a whimper. […]

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