Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has now joined House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers in proposing some sort of "truth and reconciliation" commission for the crimes of Bush and Cheney, as if Bush and Cheney have...
08 February 2009
If we can move beyond torture, do we not have a responsibility also to think for a moment about the obvious fact that torture is not the cruelest thing we do? Torture offends us, in part, because the torturer is not at risk, but neither...
07 February 2009
Rest assured, there are powerful interests that will not put up with an Obama presidency if it’s about even half the changes it threatens — I mean, promises — to make.
Watch them circle, yipping at his integrity. “Obama’s...
Watch them circle, yipping at his integrity. “Obama’s...
27 January 2009
The world may learn next week what inherent contempt means. (It's not just a feeling in your gut.)
John Conyers just subpoenaed Karl Rove to appear February 2nd, and nobody seems terribly confident he'll show.
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John Conyers just subpoenaed Karl Rove to appear February 2nd, and nobody seems terribly confident he'll show.
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27 January 2009
A few days after the inauguration, in a piece celebrating the arrival of the Obama administration, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert wrote that the new president has clearly signaled: “No more crazy wars.”
I wish....
I wish....
23 January 2009
The Center for Constitutional Rights has expressed concern that
President Obama's executive order banning torture may contain a
loophole. But no president has any right to declare torture legal or
illegal, with or without loopholes. And...
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