Friday link dump: Empowering people

• “We don’t have a hierarchy in our operation,” Huffington continues. “I see everything as a team, and I love empowering people.” The assistant is now on her hands and knees, rooting through Huffington’s bag. She finds a Stevia.
• "90 percent of poor women with children are struggling through the recession without any financial assistance." Thanks, Welfare Reform!
• Peter Orszag is the new David Brooks.
• Make sense of the seven legal challenges to Arizona's anti-immigration law.
• Jay Bybee says littering is littering. Unlike torture, which is not always torture.
• Leon Wieseltier, who can be something of a crank, wrote a very nice defense of the Park51 project. (Summed up here.)

By Alex Pareene

Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene

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