links for 2009-04-24 Matthew Yglesias: Shorter David Ignatius: We Must Cover Up CIA Misdeeds to Ensure the Viability of Future Misdeeds Willem Buiter: Darling is doing his best to clean up Brown’s mess Arianna Huffington: The Torture Moment Durango Herald News, Four Corners marker off by 2.5 miles Matthew Yglesias: Thrice-Married Former House Speaker [Newt Gingirch] Charges Democrats With “Breaking Down Traditional Marriage” Mark Thoma: Why Self-Regulation of the Financial System Won’t Work Jane Mayer: F.B.I. Director Robert Mueller commanded his personnel to stay away from the C.I.A.’s coercive interrogations.. Brian Beutler: Levin's Torture Report: A Round-Up | TPMMuckraker Jonathan Alter (November 5, 2001): Time To Think About Torture: It's A New World, And Survival May Well Require Old Techniques That Seemed Out Of The Question Matthew Yglesias: We Have Ways of Making You Bolster Our Erroneous Preconceptions Michael Pomerleano The crisis: holding the professionals to account P. O'Neill: Down the Irish Republic Charles Pierce: "Trust me, Mr. President. I can take it." Eric Rauchway: How New-Deal Denialism Works (Very) short reading list: unemployment in the 1930s. « The Edge of the American West