Wednesday!
* Reports that Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer-than-usual clerks for the 2010 Supreme Court term are now confirmed: he's only hired one clerk, signaling a likely retirement in the near future.
* Seinfeld nostalgia is in full effect; FlowingData has your map of character connections.
* How to Talk to a Wingnut: Decoding Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin.
* Today's must-read op-ed: Bob Hebert on Texas's apparent execution of an innocent man. Even more striking than the fact of the terrible error is the look at the basic cognitive biases at work in the criminal justice system:
When official suspicion fell on Willingham, eyewitness testimony began to change. Whereas initially he was described by neighbors as screaming and hysterical — “My babies are burning up!” — and desperate to have the children saved, he now was described as behaving oddly, and not having made enough of an effort to get to the girls.In short: "If he were innocent, they wouldn't have arrested him."
* Behind the scenes of Fantastic Mr. Fox.
* Harlan Ellison and Terminator.
* And the Hartford Courant has your photo of the day. Our public servants hard at work.
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