The Eurie Stamps Investigation Goes Into Lockdown. Radley Balko, Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-01-17). Last week, Framingham, Massachusetts, District Court Judge Douglas Stoddart imposed a seal on the search warrants and return sheets for the raid in which police shot and killed 68-year-old Eurie Stamps. Stamps wasn't a suspect in the drug raid, and he was unarmed when he was shot. By impounding the… (Linked Tuesday 2011-01-18.)

Poet Who Fought Femicide in Juarez Becomes Latest Victim – New America Media. newamericamedia.org (2011-01-18). Ni una más. (Linked Tuesday 2011-01-18.)

Some drugs are more equal than others. Thoreau, Unqualified Offerings (2011-01-13). By Thoreau As a helpful guide to our readers, I have prepared a detailed classification scheme for illegal drugs: Class Ia:  The drugs that you used when you were young and wild.  Not as potent as today's drugs, and nothing to get judgmental about.  Sometimes worth getting a bit nostalgic… (Linked Tuesday 2011-01-18.)