Swords Into Solar Panels

March 4, 2010 | This article appeared in the March 22, 2010 edition of The Nation.

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The Obama administration wants to push holistic solutions to national problems--and retooling manufacturers of military hardware into purveyors of solar technology is one.

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Miriam Pemberton

Miriam Pemberton is a research fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.

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A historical parallel that might add to Cole's well-put points, particularly regarding lawyers defending Guantánamo detainees: John Adams agreed to serve as defense attorney for the British soldiers who fired on Americans in the Boston Massacre. He believed it strengthened the American cause to give the British soldiers a fair trial.

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