This Sunday morning (Aug.30, 2009), many of the political pundit shows discussed the loss of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy.  One show, “This Week w/ George Stephanopolis”, discussed not on the the former Senators life, but also a recently released report by Attorney General Eric Holder.  The report can best be summed up by a New York Times overview of the CIA:
On Aug. 24, it was revealed that the Justice Department’s ethics office, the Office of Personal Responsibility, had  recommended reversing the Bush administration and reopening nearly a dozen prisoner-abuse cases, …

As a future, long term historian, I read as much as my brain will allow me about the current political situation. This was put to the ultimate test today, while sitting in a bland waiting room during jury duty. Waiting in that room is like waiting for the polar ice caps to melt; painful to my soul and the effects are lifelong. I wandered to and from the bathroom, cafeteria, the waiting room, and then all over. After this period of my life, I picked up a 5 month old …