Moday Morning Beatings

Good morning. A few new post-election items ...

• What is it with the Los Angeles Police Department and its barbarism? See "L.A. Beating," with video.
  

• How the University of Alabama and other corporations are dumbing down intellect and creatyivity in the name of copyright: see Pierre's "Art, Expression and the Parody of Property..."
  

• When it comes to the confirmation of the new defense secretary, it won't be a repeat of the Iran-Contra hearings--unfortunately. See "The Skeletons in Robert Gates's Closet..."

More, including Bach on the Lute, in the redesigned Candide's Latest...

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