“He orders the man tortured, convinced that he must do so for the sake of the people...
…but I do own a computer, and these days you can do almost anything on a computer,...
One thing that’s always funny to me about judicial nominees and the whole messy, partisan process of...
Via Cascadian in the comments:
Then again, simply because the United States ceased to be a ‘real’ republic does not mean that...
“I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling...
Via HuffPost: CALLER: It’s just like the LA Times said last year, or two years ago —...
by max socol In the bowels of ED Kain’s most recent Israel prophecy, there’s a (pleasantly civil)...
Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. ....
A.O. Scott’s review of X-Men Origins: Wolverine is headlined, “I, Mutant, Red in Face and Claw,” which...
In the course of a very thorough fisking of Michael Goldfarb’s latest attempt to justify torture, Julian...
Briefly, I think it’s fair that a lot of different opinions are being floated by various anti-torture...
“Payback is bitchy.” –Hiro Nakamura
Deeper minds than mine are taking on the imperialism question around the b’sphere–Freddie provides not only a...
One thing I like about the blogosphere is that everyone ignores the rituals and forms of establishment...
There’s been quite a conversation on imperialism abrewing. This is Louise-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Saint-Veran. A...
Seven Spirits of God, by William Blake __________________________________________ and, from The Everlasting Gospel The vision of Christ...
Everyone should go read this take on the Confederate Battle Flag over at Ta-Nehisi Coates’ place.
“So, the latest New York Times OP/ED page conservative affirmative action case has his debut editorial for...
The House is considering new legislation that, as best I can tell, provides state governments with grants...
