Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Tainted Canteloupes Cause Pregnant Woman To Miscarry As GOP Still Fights To Gut Food Safety Laws | ThinkProgress – “Party of Life,” anyone?
- American Patriotism and God – There’s a distinction between patriotism and nationalism. Love of country can be (indeed, like any true love, must be) both positive and critical. Putting your nation on a pedestal, though, is idolatry of the worst kind.
- Execution by secret WH committee – Salon.com – “Seriously: if you’re willing to endorse having White House functionaries meet in secret — with no guidelines, no oversight, no transparency — and compile lists of American citizens to be killed without due process, what aren’t you willing to support?” (Note: the Harry Tasker “But they were all bad” excuse doesn’t apply; this is not about the targets, but the process, because it’s the process that will eventually decide if the targets are “all bad.”)
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