“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...
So my wife tells me yesterday that I’m not conservative. She asks me how exactly I consider...
In response to Scott’s excellent post, I would say that all this shows is yet again that...
To judge by the big bold text on the posters that have been appearing all over campus,...
Torture is a difficult subject. I think that for Americans of a certain disposition – particularly those...
From commenter Ken (comment #6 in this thread): If we just continue to pretend that every detainee...
1 part distortion-filled ad campaign that doesn’t intend to have a huge cheeseball factor but does 1...
“Under torture you say not only what the inquisitor wants, but also what you imagine might please...
… to pay the bills.
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...
… when he pointed out that Apple is selling a lifestyle, not just a computer. And he’s...
Bill Kauffman on former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is a real treat.
Okay, I’m still trying to figure out why these Tea Parties bother me so much. There’s a...
[N/B: I originally posted this Off the Cuff, but in response to Cascadian’s comments, I decided to...
Rod Dreher points us towards this Giles Fraser post in Church Times about Philip Blond, intellectual guru...
Michael Savage has filed a lawsuit against the government claiming that the memo has a chilling effect...
“The notion that differences of opinion between the Catholic church and U.S. law will somehow render Catholic...
So there’s this company. Maybe you’ve heard of it. It’s called “Apple”. (I know– really non-threatening!) I...
