Briefly, I think it’s fair that a lot of different opinions are being floated by various anti-torture...
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Jim Manzi has a first-rate must-read post on waterboarding at both the Corner and the American Scene. ...
“But the argument isn’t going away. It will be with us as long as the threat of...
I had fully intended to take a lengthy hiatus from torture-blogging, but this story just magnifies why...
Christ’s crucifixion was a sort of torture, and His death on the cross a symbol of the...
Jim Manzi has written a provocative post on the moral distinction between battlefield killing and torturing unarmed...
John Judis would like to have more discussion about the possibility of ditching the CIA, or at...
“What you see in the relationship between torturer and tortured is the absolute darkness of totalitarianism. You...
“And then, where is the use of torture? It is a slippery trial and uncertain (says Ulpian)...
“It’s perfectly possible to think both at once: that real-world torture is ineffective, and that fantasy-world effective...
I’m increasingly coming to the conclusion that both sides of the “Did We Torture?” debate are doing...
Torture is a difficult subject. I think that for Americans of a certain disposition – particularly those...
First, let me say that I respect Sonny Bunch. A lot. I rarely agree with Sonny, but...
“I’m sick to frigging death of people – self-identifiedly conservative or otherwise – whose reaction to the...
…that before any news commentator states that waterboarding isn’t torture they should at least have to experience...
“Disclosure of the techniques is likely to be met by faux outrage, and is perfectly packaged for...
A voice of sanity:
…sums it all up.
(Updates below and continuing as more reactions come in…) You can read the memos here. Sullivan has...
Kyle Cupp has this to say about my professed culture-war pacifism:
