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 terrorists....
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.
Heh.When, on CNN, Alexander M. Haig Jr., the former secretary of state for President Ronald Reagan, belittled the report as the product of liberal journalists, Richard C. Holbrooke, the United.
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 the moral import of the issue. Rather than pile on in this case, Somerby allows us...
The Imperial Japanese Navy was not completely satisfied with its first effort at super-dreadnoughts, the Fuso class. Japanese naval architects slightly modified the design to include more protection and a.
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.
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.
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 stopped using hormonal contraception for health reasons, and after the condom her partner was using broke,...
Upon Ron Fairly's retirement from the Mariners, I note that Yogi Berra has his reputation.Like DMZ, I've grown to appreciate Fairly over the years. It actually took me several years.
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.