Stuff to Read

boingboing, Intel + DRM: a crippled processor that you have to pay extra to unlock
Fred Clark finds Jackie at the crossroads
Juan Cole explains why in a certain foreign leader's mind Ahmadinejad resembles Cyrus the Great
Greenwald savages Obama's tone-deafness to progressive concerns in Obama's view of liberal criticisms
Grimmelmann, The Mufti of Constantinople
Kos, Before you say the country is moving to the right… (look at all the evidence to the contrary)
The ugly world of constant souseveillance takes a giant step forward with the introduction of the $199 Looxcie (smartphone required); see also the smartpen AKA “The Pen That Never Forgets”
Reid Report, Herald Tribune on Rubio: public fiscal hawk, private spendthrift
Steve Vladeck, The Graham Bill and Detention Authority: U.S. Citizens and Material Support
David Weinberg, The Internet as a human right (not what you might guess from the title)