Rick Hasen liveblogging the Minnesota Supreme Court for oral arguments in Franken V. Coleman.
Robert J. Samuelson's argument on The Obama Infatuation. In essense: the country is too preoccupied with Obama's historicity and personal charm to apply the level of skepticism that is necessary for a functioning democracy. His culprit: the media.
A Guardian story about the CIA using electronic targeting chips to attack Al Q and Taliban forces in Pakistan. They're giving the chips to friendly tribesman and asking them to plant them near Al Qaeda safehouses. Problem: sometimes, the tribesman are planting them at the homes of enemy tribesmen. Folks there fear that the "parthai" are invitations for CIA drones....
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2009/06/marcs-three-more-clicks-franken-v-coleman-cia-tech-etc/18560/
