Crooked Timber - Death and Capitalism (in four parts);

Darwinfish² - holding the line;

Diane Ravitch’s Blog - the constitution prohibits a 3rd term (says Jamelle Bouie);

Law Dork - dead Cheney was an early GOP voice for treating same-sex couples fairly;

Nancy LeTourneau - the day the music died.

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