Daily Archive: May 3, 2009

/// May 3, 2009

Look Back in Anger

I suspect the debate over torture, atomic weaponry, and morality is rapidly reaching the point of diminishing returns, but I did want to say one last thing on the subject before moving on. For...

/// May 3, 2009

Hate Crimes (II)

National Review’s David Freddoso raised a few smart objections to pending hate crimes legislation:

/// May 3, 2009

Sunday Celebrity Spotting Roundup

Vancouver where I live is known is kind of the Canadian Hollywood as it were. Lots of TV shows & movies are filmed here. But generally I don’t see the people on the street. ...

William Brafford

/// May 3, 2009

Dirty, dirty hands.

“He orders the man tortured, convinced that he must do so for the sake of the people who might otherwise die in the explosions—even though he believes that torture is wrong, indeed abominable, not...

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