Monday, June 26, 2006

Random News & Views Roundup

- A federal judge in Missouri has ordered a halt to executions in the state over concerns that the method used may be cruel and unusual. Also on Monday, the US Supreme Court upheld the death penalty in Kansas.

- Kudos to Warren Buffet. He could have bought a small country. Instead he donated his billions to charity. That is the measure of a man who chooses not to worship money. (By the way, Nora Ephron, whatever happened to just saying 'thank you'?)

- Bushco needs to stop making excuses for not shutting down Gitmo.

- Ralph Nader on Binary Politics.

- the situation in Israel is heating up rapidly since some Hamas members allegedly kidnapped an Israeli soldier. Condi Rice threw in her two cents worth and urged diplomacy. Funny, she wasn't for diplomacy before the Iraq war...

- BBC News launched a new blog on Monday called The Editors. Welcome to the blogosphere.

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