• Brad DeLong passes along this chilling account of a speech given by Sy Hersh that points to some really upsetting fallout from the Iraq war. Juxtapose with this quote by Lois McMaster Bujold: “Any community’s arm of force – military, police, security – needs people in it who can do neccesary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necessary and no more. To constantly question the assumptions, to stop the slide into atrocity.”
• Ray Charles died. He was 73.
• Slashdot reports that Linus Torvalds is moving to Portland. Wonder if he’ll hang out at Powell’s?

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