Today's required reading

Why do Republicans hate the Constitution so much?

Good piece in Slate today, Repealing Common Sense by Dahlia Lithwick and Jeff Shesol

The conservative mission to destroy the Constitution in order to save it.

Gotta love it. They've been cherry-picking the Bible for years and now the even more sacred text. Hey why not have a complete re-write, merging both of them into one supertext to save the world.


American Exceptionalism - real or imagined?

posted on Daily Kos: We don't need more cheerleading in America