Inside the Pentagon

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/10/osp_moveon/

A high-ranking military officer reveals how Defense Department extremists suppressed information and twisted the truth to drive the country to war.

Letter from a son to his mom and step-father

A friend let me see a letter he's writing to his mom and step-father. I thought it was excellent, and he gave me permission to post it here.

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Dear Mom & Bob,

Today, your legislature is again voting on an amendment to your state's constitution, that would ban same-sex marriages. Please consider calling your Representatives and Senators and asking them to vote against any such amendment.

Remember, this isn't just an abstract issue. Were I still living in Massachusetts, they would be voting to prevent *your [step-]son* from having the same rights that you both enjoy. You've both been married multiple times - yet I'm not allowed to do it even once. I'm asking you to stand up for me, and for my rights, please.

Love,

(name)

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Email from a college friend

Tom,
I was talking to [mutual-friend-from-college] last night on the phone and she mentioned that your book is constantly coming up in conversation in her social circle, and everybody loves it. ("Everybody" being, I assume, [her husband]'s associates at Cisco and other Silicon Valley types). She in fact gets celebrity points just for having known you in college. Anyway, I knew about your book but I didn't know you were famous! Congratulations! That's pretty cool.