Today on the Dish we had a flurry of activity coming off the holiday lull. Extensive wraps of the latest Iranian uprising here and everything else since Christmas here. The biggest news of the day went by quietly: the US finally shed its HIV travel ban. Read about the first beneficiary here.
In GWOT coverage, Marc Lynch showed how constrained the US is in face of terrorist-filled countries like Yemen, Yglesias wondered why Republicans don't call for torturing drug dealers, and a brother of a US soldier worried about the practice spreading to his family. James Joyner furrowed his brow over the new TSA guidelines while Bruce Schneier looked on the bright side of the old ones.
Andrew kept watch on the festering sore of bigotry in Uganda. Some positive signs of Iranian victory showed up here and here. Unsettling signs from the anti-Obama South popped up here and here (though a reader cautioned about jumping to racial conclusions in general). Rory Stewart and Andrew reexamined Obama's approach to Afghanistan. The credibility of Rasmussen was examined by Nate Silver, Greg Sargent, Think Progress, a reader, and Andrew. The internets had a bit of fun with Glenn Reynolds.
Sarah Palin continued to reveal a secretive nature, David Cameron flashed some bipartisan cred, Ryan Avent talked urban decline, the Dish surveyed the survival of health insurance in its current form, and a reader corrected Brit Hume's ignorance. We also checked in with another recession view and displayed some more beard action. Readers started to counsel Andrew on his wisdom teeth. Be sure to catch this heartwarming story of a canine hero.
— C.B.
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