"Hellhole" - The New Yorker - By Atul Gawande A powerful look at the widespread practice of long-term solitary confinement within the American prison system. What are the consequences? Is it sound policy? Is it ethically tenable?
"What Else?" - Slate - By Jacob Weisberg The danger of nuclear proliferation turns out to be largely imaginary. What else is conventional wisdom wrong about? Or better yet -- what has it gotten right?
"Fickle Beast" - The Atlantic - By Andrew Sullivan It's unclear whether the claims of Horton's source are true. It sounds more like a responsibility-shifting excuse than anything else -- a way of blaming Republicans rather than Obama officials for the failure to disclose these memos -- but it doesn't matter in the slightest if the claims are true.
"Is Bad Web Design Unethical?" - Wired - By Brian Talbot Should we be imposing jail time for the inappropriate use of self-closing tags? Is it sound policy? Is it ethically tenable?