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I had never seen Van Gogh's Starry Night rendered as a gif until I saw this at Andrew Sullivan's blog. It put me in mind of Psalm 19:

The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the dome proclaims God's handiwork.

***Blogging may be light this week as we prepare to take off on a five month road trip around the country promoting Mainstreaming Torture. This is a book for anyone who cares about how institutionalized torture affects its victims, its practitioners, and the nation that gives it a home. Torture, in our wars and at home, is still an urgent moral issue.