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The U.S. media is filled with heartwarming stories about the alleged global spread of Western-style democracy, but in much of the rest of the world?including particularly the Arab world?the image of America is that of a torturer.
Read moreThe Supreme Court has left intact a critical Alabama state law which bans the foulest form of evil in the modern world.
Read moreI’ve written before about how I cannot believe that, in America, we are even having a discussion about the nuances of the legal issues surrounding torture. I am sickened and saddened that America’s values now allow this sort of thing. This is not about protecting America, its about a bunch of sick, arrogant aristocrats exercising their sadomasochistic urges under the guise of “protecting the homeland.”
Read morePresident Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security by transferring risk onto the nation’s elderly is proving a hard sell. Without public support, conservatives have turned to dirty tricks to try to sway public opinion. But no amount of deceptive advertising can mask the fact that Americans don’t want this risky plan.
Read moreThe Justice Department yet to reveal its evidence ? let alone the charges ? against Ali, but now the administration’s attorneys are trying to dismiss the lawsuit based on secret legal arguments: “The government contends that the legal theory by which it would defend its behavior should be immune from debate in court.”
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