Nick Baumann |
I cover national politics and civil liberties issues for the Washington, DC bureau of Mother Jones. I have also written for The Economist, the Washington Monthly, the Atlantic, and Commonweal. Email me at nbaumann [at] motherjones [dot] com. |
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Notes"[A] film about abolitionism before Fort Sumter, with Liam Neeson bearded and thundering as John Brown."Someone make this happen! “Harper’s Ferry has been…. taken.”
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Notes"All evidence supports that proposition that Norway’s criminal justice system is both practically and morally superior to America’s. If America’s abominably cruel and unjust system delivered results even remotely comparable to Norway’s enviable level of civil peace and order, then there might be some reason to take seriously American animadversions against Norway’s short sentences and humane prison. But we don’t. We’re not even close. So Americans should just shut up and watch. It could do us some good to see how a civilised society handles such a horrifying crime." -
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Notes"The only lesson learned is that Obama’s hand can be forced."Strong words from Dahlia Lithwick on Obama’s “cowardly, stupid, and wrong” decision to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
