The Supreme Court will lose a talented and insightful jurist when David Souter finally retires: Few justices have understood the politics of race as well as he, reflects Heather Gerken. In the meantime, Ezra Klein wonders what the "best qualified" judicial nominee would look like -- and if such a person even exists.
Amid the swine H1N1 flu panic, Harold Pollack asks why moderate senators were so negligent in providing support to local public-health efforts.
And just in time for the Council on Foundation's annual conference, Lauren Foster offers a look at Obama's relationship with philanthropies.
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