Miscellany

From the New York Times: "The overarching principle of fundamental justice that applies here is this: before the state can detain people for significant periods of time, it must accord them a fair judicial process." Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, of Canada, in a ruling striking down a law that allowed the indefinite detention of terrorism suspects.

What an interesting 24 hours. Yesterday morning I put our passports in the mail. Then I met with one of our U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's (D-MN) aides about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Then I heard, for the first time, about conditions at Walter Reed. If you haven't heard, just visit the Washington Post. Then, we watched the first half of Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. No wonder I'm tired... But, how nice to see the Times piece above. Unfortunate that there existed such a law to strike down, but a move in the right direction nonetheless.

BTW, for those of you who read about 16 year old blogger and videographer, Ava Lowery, over at We Move to Canada, the current issue of Mother Jones tells her story. I just don't know what to think when I read about someone feeling so threatened that they have to suggest violence toward a teenage peace activist.

Back to family movie night and watching the snow fall.