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1st Amendment and Kittens

(via Snead) Stanley Fish has a poignant NYT post on how first Amendment jurisprudence has developed to the point of protecting animal torture as a sexual fettish (U.S. v. Stevens). Good read.

Justice Wood?

NYT does a short profile of Judge Dianne Wood from Chicago's 7th Circuit. Some consider her a good pick to replace John Paul Stevens.

Meteor Shower

This is very cool. Check out the video of a meteor shower this morning.

Michael Pollan

(via veggie meals) Huffington Post has good excerpts from an interview with Michael Pollan.

I Am a Success

I have a wife, a job, a degree ... and Tourette's!! Role Model!!

I have tourettes - haven't read much about it - but this is an excellent article on what it's like.