Amy Davidson: Can a President Use Drones Against Journalists? Alexis C. Madrigal: The Geography of Happiness According to 10 Million Tweets Conor Friedersdorf: Would You Empower President Obama to Kill With His Mind? Daniel Kalder: I Rather Like the Taste of Horseflesh, Actually Glenn Greenwald: Obama Officials Refuse to Say if Assassination Power Extends to US Soil “New” [...]
LINKS Conor Friedersdorf: “[Progressives'] ideology leaves them strangely unequipped to grapple with power abuses by a man whose personality they like and whose political philosophy they largely embrace.“ Kid Rock: “I’ve never been treated nicer than when I went to jail in Nashville…“ Jezebel is beyond awful (h/t Stag) Old footage of Pope John Paul II in [...]
Conor Friedersdorf: “In the Age of Obama, I find that Democrats — especially self-described liberals and progressives — are acting in ways that don’t accord with the core values they previously espoused.” Kerry Howley: “[tonight] two men who aspire to be president of the United States will debate one another on national television. During that debate [...]