Stories:

Your Column Made RCP
Still up on main page as of 8pm Tuesday. Worth revisiting, even though you talked about these ideas last week.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/01/04/from_yale_to_the_nfl_are_we_still_the_home_of_the_brave_108416.html
This WSJ Article Is on the Same Theme as Your Column (didn’t make RCP)
More news analysis than opinion piece. Don’t miss last two paragraphs.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808704576061931478655322.html?mod=WSJ_hps_editorsPicks_3
FLASHBACK:NY Times Expresses Its Admiration for Justice Stevens’s Death Penalty Stance

But as they relate that stance, it doesn’t make much sense to me.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/opinion/12sun2.html?ref=opinion
FLASHBACK: Here’s the Stevens’ Argument
Stevens reviews Garland’s book. Long, dull and specious. I suggest starting with the last paragraph.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/dec/23/death-sentence/
WSJ: What the Republican Mandate Should Be
Some very valuable guidelines for the new Congress.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704723104576061922890057168.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop