I mentioned it briefly in an earlier Posner post, but as an addendum to Matt's point it's worth spelling it out clearly. Apologists for Bush's program of abitrary executive power that includes the power to torture assure us that this power will be limited to...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Michiko Kakutani reviews Richard Posner's new book. I've already discussed some of the problems have with his arguments as he's sketched them out in interviews, and I'll probably read and.
Greg, Josh, and Atrios beat up on Dean Broder's ludicrous new celebration of an "independence" that, as the complete cave-in on the torture bill indicates, doesn't actually exist irrespective of.
Vladimir Bukovsky:So, why would democratically elected leaders of the United States ever want to legalize what a succession of Russian monarchs strove to abolish? Why run the risk of unleashing a fury that even Stalin had problems controlling? Why would anyone try to "improve intelligence-gathering...
Via Jim Henley via Mona, it seems overwhelmingly likely that the life of Corey Maye has been saved, largely by the efforts of Radley Balko:Cory Maye will not sleep on.
When self-appointed Hottest Catch Evah Jacqueline Massey Etc. Etc. and Legendary Intarweb Arsehole Jason Fortuny decide to get together to talk about nothing in particular for YouTube, all I can say is that while Fortuny is--amazingly--even creepier than one would expect, these people are too...
The issue of pharmacists, doctors and hospitals interposing their moralistic views between patients and their medical needs is brought into sharp relief in this horribly depressing but must-read post. BB.
Marshall:A bit earlier this evening, in the comments section at TPMCafe, I said that from what I could tell the torture compromise is that we agreed not to reinterpret the.
Highly unsurprisingly, St. McCain sells out:Here's the language. It's not subtle at all, and it only takes 30 seconds or so to see that the Senators have capitualted entirely, that the U.S. will hereafter violate the Geneva Conventions by engaging in Cold Cell, Long Time...
The latter wouldn't make a post like this, because he would have to know that it would be willfully misconstrued by partisan hacks. Needless to say, Instapundit started the bandwagon.
It seems that the hand-picked successor of Washington Times editor Wes Pruden is a bit too much of a racist crackpot--for the family of Rev. Moon. The whole article is.