Following up on my last post and Dan’s comment, I will borrow from a far better wordsmith than myself: Five years after the Abu Ghraib revelations, we must acknowledge that our government methodically authorized torture and lied about it. But we also must contemplate the possibility that it did so not just out of a [...]
If you have not looked over the torture memos, please do so. Then, take a look at this video from Philip Zelikow, a high level State Department lawyer during the Bush administration. He authored a memorandum expressing grave concerns with the legal reasoning underlying those torture memos. While a copy of Zelikow’s memorandum is not [...]
I was looking forward to tonight’s debate between Clinton and Obama. For those of you who watched it, as I did, I’m sorry. I’m sorry because you probably feel like you wasted two hours, but I’m also sorry to see that this bullshit passes for debate. The ABC News website has a blog with thousands [...]
Yesterday the crazy abortion types were out. We have this bridge that connects Lewiston with its sister city Auburn, and the route is heavily trafficked. They were lining both sides of the bridge, standing somberly, holding up signs saying things like “abortion = murder,” etc. etc. I happened to be traveling to and from Auburn, [...]
15 Soldiers Dead in Iraq 4/09
Following up on my last post and Dan’s comment, I will borrow from a far better wordsmith than myself: Five years after the Abu Ghraib revelations, we must acknowledge that our government methodically authorized torture and lied about it. But we also must contemplate the possibility that it did so not just out of a [...]