Abu Bakker Qassim and A'del Abdu al-Hakim are two men who were being held in Guantanamo although the government determined that they were not enemy combatants. They were not terrorists or members of the Taliban. They were held for more than a year despite this. The...
Democracy on the march in Iraq! Human rights groups have condemned the "barbaric" murder of a 14-year-old boy, who, according to witnesses, was shot on his doorstep by Iraqi police.
Just to assuage the many angry emails and commenters demanding to know when they will get some more hockey blogging, the Lemieux/Berube analysis of Round 2 is now up. His.
Friday Cat Blogging... Nelson and Starbuck
Well, how about that. It may seem counterintuitive to think that increased access to and education about contraception will prevent unwanted pregnancies and hence lead to fewer abortions--what a crazy.
Things, we should know by know, can always get worse. Keeping this simple truth in mind, we can be less surprised that Caitlin Flanagan has decided to supplement her "feminists.
It's not exactly surprising that Haley Barbour would refuse to issue a posthumous pardon to unjustly convicted civil rights pioneer Clyde Kennard. (And I should say that I happen to share a general principled opposition to pardons in many cases; whatever the question being raised about...
Shorter A. Yasmine Rassam: "Anybody who thinks that women's rights have taken a step backward as Iraq becomes an Islamic theocracy with limited coercive capacity must think Saddam was a.
Read Shakes. I wondered the same thing myself when I saw the Burger King commercial; since when has male identity been about eating awful, heart attack inducing hamburgers? I love.
While I certainly don't see this as a reason for celebration, and while as longtime readers know (and I will return to sometime in the near future) I'm a tepid opponent of the death penalty, I'm inclined to agree with the Talking Dog: "As a result...
Game 7 watchin' tonight (NHL Game 7s are about as exciting as anything in sports, but if you have a rooting interest they don't actually provide any pleasure when you're.
Why is Terry Francona playing Wily Mo Pena in centerfield? Why not just play David Ortiz in center?