Altercation: North Korea Know-Nothingism

Confined Space: The future of (some) work-site enforcement...and in another excellent post, Jordan explains the Precautionary Principle and Dick Cheney's selective application of that philosophy.

Harpers.org: "I Was a Mouthpiece for the American Military"

David E and that colored fella offer some thoughts on NY's gay marriage rulings. One thing is certain: God Hates Figs...

The Existentialist Cowboy: "If certain acts in violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us."
—Justice Robert Jackson, Chief Prosecutor for the United States, Nuremberg Tribunals
We're gonna need a guide to understanding fascism.

Bob Geiger has some of the week's best editorial cartoons.