FROM THE BLOGS:
The high cost of short buildings – Matthew Yglesias
‘Pensacola Jeff’ – Chad, BuzzFlash
Columbine questions we don’t ponder – David Sirota, Open Left
Why Republicans should back Franken – Matt Cooper, TPMDC
A goodbye – Ross Douthat
Next year at the White House – Rachel Abrams, Weekly Standard
Senators to Napolitano: Show us the data – Michelle Malkin
Prosecuting torture – Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
Tea partying for a cause – Ezra Klein
NY-20 – David Freddoso, The Corner
Torture journamalism – mcjoan, Daily Kos
Sarkozy mocks ‘Obamamania’ – Greg Hengler, Townhall
Drug control breeds gun control – Jacob Sullum, Hit & Run
Setting the cap-and-trade stage – Steve Foley, The Minority Report
Handwriting on the wall – Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo
OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Rice demands same money as Bush – The Hill
Cuba will be absent but not forgotten at summit – New York Times
NIH releases stem cell funding guidelines – Washington Post
GM plan could reveal extent of gov’t role – Detroit Free Press