Friday, July 13, 2012

Weekly Round-Up for July 13th

If you're looking for more reasons to feel an overwhelming sense of loss and despair, the Freeh Report on Penn State's scandal ought to do it. 

If you don't believe me, John Culhane says Penn State could learn from the BP oil spill. That is never a good sign...

The Chronicle of Higher Ed weighs in on the "culture of reverence" that contributed to the harrowing mess. 

In fact, here: a link to ALL the Chronicle's coverage on Penn State.

Ta-Nehisi Coates has something to say about it too. 

Dahlia Lithwick wonders why liberals don't show the kind of outrage that's been directed at John Roberts when their justices jump the wagon. 

And let's not forget that the Court said it won't take another look at Citizens United.

Katy Waldman reminds us that, by the way, it's okay to be "wobbly" every once in a while (again, like John Roberts). 

And the leaks from within the Court about the ACA aren't anything new, either. 

But while we're wondering, was it Ginni Thomas who blabbed?

When Andrew Leonard's house burned down, the firefighters came, and now he understands why taxes are important. True story. 

And the CBO says we aren't being overtaxed, so calm down. 

This one is FASCINATING: should people who fly drones from a military base get medals for bravery?


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