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Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — ... Are they so divorced from reality that in their delusionary state they honestly believe we need more of their tax cuts for the rich and their other forms of plutocratic irresponsibility, the very things that got us to this deplorable state? Boehner has to stop fixating on "the size of the package". David Brooks: In defense of institutions. Owen Thomas On transparency in government (now with google maps!) h/t First Read Richard Cohen: How 9/11 traumatized me. It made me support John McCain. As for torture, ...

Morning Skim: Minnesota's Senate, Banks and The Who
Opinionator — ... in the Minnesota Senate recount after Coleman’s first day in court: “At this point there is more suspense in seeing whether Senator Coleman can put in his case than in assessing the likely outcome of the proceedings.” Washington Post : Richard Cohen endorses a truth commission but not prosecutions in regards to any torture committed by the Bush Administration: “We were the ones, remember, who just wanted to be kept safe. So, it is important, as well as fair, not to punish those who did what we wanted done — back when we lived, scared to death, in a place called the Past.” ...

NSN Daily Update 1/27/09
democracyarsenal.org — ... Richard Cohen argues for the creation of a blue-ribbon commission with subpoena power to investigate the Bush administration’s use of torture. ...

War on Terror? Torture? Prosecute Us?
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely — There is an ongoing debate over the closing of America's most notorious detainment/torture center at Guantanamo and the legality and efficacy of using torture to extract "information" from detainees in that and other facilities. In a piece in this morning's Washington Post titled Torture? Prosecute Us, Too Richard Cohen leads with this:

War on Terror? Torture? Prosecute Us?
The Democratic Daily — ... In a piece in this morning’s Washington Post titled Torture? Prosecute Us, Too Richard Cohen leads with this: ...