Dailies

Two weeks away: one week in San Francisco, one in Hawai’i. Left New York City during a horrendous heat wave, which made the whole trip feel like we were pleasurably on the lam. In every respect I can think of, the trip was a phenomenal success, although sprinting back from Hawai’i (GMT -11:00) [...]

Justices: Gitmo detainees can challenge detention in U.S. courts - CNN.com
This is what we call an unalloyed piece of good, if LONG !@#$ OVERDUE, news. The Supreme Court has affirmed that those pesky rights and protections in the Constitution that some of us still think might be sorta, maybe, kinda important to apply equally [...]