Friday digest

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New today from the Century:

• The editors on Norway's response and 9/11 after ten years
• Walter Brueggemann reviews Todd Gitlin and Liel Leibovitz's book on America and Israel
• I challenge the idea that "mere ceremonial deism" is more benign than sectarian public religion
• I wish that the Times could call an SPLC-designated hate group an SPLC-designated hate group
• Lou Carlozo reviews the new Sinatra Vegas retrospective

Links from elsewhere:

• The difference in kind between the Circle of Protection and its opponents' counter-argument
• The downside of the new rules on contraceptive coverage
• I'm enjoying the sharp sexism critique in the current Doonesbury storyline.
• A good joke from John Chilton