Emptywheel: Philip Mudd – sitting across from KSM was useful, so waterboarding him 183 times was, too.

The Mahablog: Irish amnesia.

Rumproast: Man up, poors! Paul Ryan is nobody's fool.

In These Times: Southern masculinity and the anti-union campaign at Volkswagen.

Finally, Happy St. Patrick's Day! (video)

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