WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL DOES NOT CHARGE BY THE HOUR Dick Cheney tells a conservative talk-show host that deciding to "dunk" detainees underwater to get information is a "no-brainer," which explains a lot about how the White House counsel came up with the rationale to defend such techniques to begin with.
LAVENDER GROWS IN THE GARDEN STATE! New Jersey's Supreme Court declares that same-sex couples have the right to marry--or civil unionize, depending on what wording the legislature settles on. Democrats fear (and Republicans hope) that the controversial decision so disturbs social conservatives that they might actually vote. It might be even...