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Minimizing Bushism

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On January 6, 2009
Defenses of George W. Bush's incompetence and lawbreaking have frequently relied on specious arguments about the "continuity" between his administration and those of his predecessors. According to this formula, Bush's misconceptions about Iraqi WMD, for instance, are supposed to have been acceptable given similar assumptions...

Torture and Mitigation

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On December 27, 2008

A while ago, Ross Douthat wrote a meandering, self-indulgent post about his feelings on torture, suggesting that while he felt torture was bad, he could also understand why the Bush.

Long Fuse

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On December 15, 2008

In addition to the many other ways in which it's abominable, Reuel Marc Gerecht's op-ed supporting Stalinist interrogation methods and opposing the rule of law contains one of the most.

Not a hard decision at all, actually

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On December 10, 2008
If Ben Wittes is indeed serving as an adviser to the Obama transition team, let's hope the President-elect has the good sense not to listen to anything he has to say. That Wittes would invoke Qahtani in support of his proposal for expanded detention authority...

Time Horizons

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On December 8, 2007

Sully makes a good point:Notice also that this isn't the ticking time bomb case that Charles [Krauthammer] has previously invoked to defend torture. There was no imminent threat to hundreds.

Pathetic

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On November 7, 2007
In the midst of defending once again the single worst argument in the pro-torture arsenal, Alan Dershowitz has finally been reduced to a sad parody of himself by claiming that torture -- if good enough for the Nazis -- is good enough for us.There are...

JPod on Waterboarding

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On November 6, 2007

As to the overall merits of Commentary these days, Scott provided an apt summary the other day. As to the overall merits of the magazine's blog, I can't offer much.

Shocks the Conscience

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On October 29, 2007
Jamie Mayerfeld contributes to the anti-Mukasey chorus:Mukasey's evasions prove his unfitness for the job. If the Senate confirms him, it will share responsibility for torture, because it will have knowingly installed an attorney general who refuses to state that methods actually constituting torture violate the...
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