Waterboarding--now officially endorsed by the Vice President of the United States (whether his lackeys lie about it or not)--is, in fact, torture. Lederman and Balkin explain in detail. I also.
K-Lo's attempts to convince herself that Rick Santorum can win are pretty sad. Still--particularly since she seems to realize its futility on some level--I don't think that she can hold.
I think I can speak for nearly everyone in wishing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a happy 50th birthday (which he would be celebrating, of course, if he abided by the Gregorian rather.
This is strangely comforting:Let us assume that a vampire need feed only once a month. This is certainly a highly conservative assumption given any Hollywood vampire film. Now two things.
Shorter Verbatim Camille Paglia: "I was bitterly disappointed after voting for Ralph Nader that he didn't devote himself to helping build a strong third party in this country." Paglia was.
I have an article up at TAP Online retroactively assessing the decision to go to war against the Taliban.Ezra and Spencer comment.
I have a post up at TAPPED about the total ban on abortions in Nicaragua. As a follow-up, Liza Sabater provides valuable cultural context.
George Allen and Matt Drudge: world-class wankers. See also Steve on the contemporaneous conservative reactions to Webb's novel. Meanwhile, Patterico trots out the "but Democrats would hypothetically be doing the.
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