First, the ever-sensible Maha, on the teabaggers and the Constitution.
And from Ed Brayton, a riff on "Onward Christian Soldiers" as it's performed in our own armed forces.
And from Dave Neiwert at C&L, Oh! Noes! A Muslim Batman! The lily-white world of superheroes comes crashing down. (Although anyone who's been paying attention knows that superhero comics not only stopped being lily-white but also stopped being totally hetero some while ago. Welcome to the twentieth century.)
We can always count on Digby. This time it's a take-off from a piece by Will Bunch on the indiscriminate use of tasers by police and what it means. (Hint: this is the New USA, where the president can order the assassination of an American citizen for any reason at all -- or none.)
And finally, a story that I've been meaning to highlight for a while -- Pfc. Bradley Manning, said to be the man who provided the latest Wikileaks dump, who is being held in solitary confinement in Quantico. Here's a discussion of the moral vacuum in which this treatment is taking place from Lynn Parramore at HuffPo. And here's more from Glenn Greenwald. I think this one deserves a strong letter to your Congressional delegation.
I wish I had more uplifting articles to highlight here, but that's the state of the world on this first day of 2011. Gods help us.
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