Farewell — Bob Herbert’s Last NYT Column

Bob Herbert has spent years writing about lives and challenges of those increasingly voiceless and often invisible in our society.   He has been a fiercely moral voice writing about the immorality of torture, killing, institutional injustice against the poor, or working people or minorities -- always making the case that you can't be a great nation by demonizing and dehumanizing those who aren't so fortunate.  There is alot to commend about his career -- I probably remember best his writing against torture and his dogged effort to not let the people of Tulia targeted by law enforcement out of control get out of our sight.

A Tale Of Two Republicans

Currently there are two posts on the blogoshere written by Delaware Republicans.  Over at TommyWonk, Michael Stafford lays out why religious beliefs and science are compatible.  He states, correctly, that…