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Oh, and take a moment to note the passing of Coretta Scott King. A bit on her legacy, on MSNBC and in the NY Times.
The confirmation and swearing in of J. Alito. What this means for the country for the next 30 years - well, we do live in interesting times, even as [...]

Okay, so I did some channel-changing tonight (remote in my hands, not the men of the house). I pretty much stuck with the NBC coverage of the speech, since I thought the ABC coverage was bothersome - Liz Vargas passing it on to Charles Gibson, who passes it on to Diane Sawyer, who passes [...]

How exciting. 9pm - A “political ritual,” NBC’s Brian Williams says. Indeed. J. Alito has been confirmed and he’s present, in robes and all, along the sides of Ch.J. Roberts, J. Thomas, and J. Breyer. NY Congressman Elliot Engel got himself a nice seat, so you can see him shaking the [...]

Dodgeball.com: this Google-owned site turns your cell phone into something like location-enabled AIM. You set which of 27 cities it supports, and you can let your friends know where you are using SMS email. You can also try to find a bar or restaurant by sending the name, and it will return the address. I’ve [...]

Terrible breaking news: ABC News’ Bob Woodruff and his cameraman were injured in Iraq. Hope for the best.
ABA e-Journal’s weekly poll asked “What celebrity would be good for the US Supreme Court?” and the respondents to the poll came up with… Oprah Winfrey. Heck, why not nominate Oprah as chief justice? [...]