- A retired Lieutenant General and Fox News analyst has come out as a birther.
- The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is a big mess. Matt “Funniest Man in Washington” Cooper, who was supposed to write the report, quit awhile ago, apparently. And that’s just the start of it.
- What can political journalists learn from political scientists? (That their work is meaningless and wrong, usually.)
- Dianne Feinstein will be co-chair of the anti-Marijuana legalization campaign. “California will not see a single positive result if Proposition 19 passes,” said Senator Feinstein, because prohibition is working really, really well.
Wednesday link dump: Before and after science
Matt Cooper ankles the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Feinstein supports prohibition, and the birther general
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