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What the Democrats Must Donew
Mandate for the new majority: Curb the president's power to torture.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
11-30-2006 |
Commentary
Not So Pearly Gatesnew
Twenty years after Iran-Contra broke, it's deja vu all over again, with recent news about Ortega, Baker, and, most of all, Robert Gates.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-29-2006 |
Politics
Gatesgatenew
Illinois senators are noncommittal about the tarnished replacement for Rumsfeld.
Illinois Times |
C.D. Stelzer |
11-17-2006 |
Politics
Who Wins?new
Finally, it looks like a majority of Americans can see what the Bush administration's critics have warned for years -- that they will say or do anything, exploit any fear, invoke any prejudice to hold power.
INDY Week |
Richard Hart |
11-02-2006 |
Commentary
Normalizing Torturenew
The Bush administration's rationale for torture rests on a hypothetical argument, a legal argument, and a syllogism.
Artvoice |
Bruce Jackson |
10-27-2006 |
Commentary
American Inquisitionnew
The German citizen Khaled El-Masri was kidnapped from Macedonia, drugged and flown to Afghanistan where he was held for five months and where he suffered repeated beatings, humiliation and interrogation.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
10-23-2006 |
Commentary
Who Would Jesus Torture?new
What if, instead of attempting to elicit questionable information from enemies through torture, the church exhorted our government to see detainees as human beings, to feed them well and to treat them with decency?
LEO Weekly |
Joseph Phelps |
10-23-2006 |
Commentary
What Comes Around ...new
No, President Bush, there's never any justification for torture.
Illinois Times |
Julie Rea Harper |
10-19-2006 |
Commentary
Congress Bows To Bushnew
The new Military Commissions Act gives the president more power than ever.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
10-11-2006 |
Politics
A Moment of Silence for Democracynew
The Republican leadership is probably thankful that Foleygate is distracting us from last week's biggest story.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-04-2006 |
Commentary
We Should Trust You?new
Memo to: President Bush -- stop acting like an asshole.
Cleveland Scene |
Pete Kotz |
07-10-2006 |
Commentary
Pale Ridernew
Not only have the counterinsurgency techniques from Vietnam been reborn in the Middle East, they are being globalized.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-31-2006 |
Commentary
Security Risknew
The track record of this administration in the fight against terrorism, and its frustratingly slow pace to act wisely in the face of obvious need, has hurt national security.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
03-24-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: Homeland Security, War on terror
How Many Have Died?new
Whichever death total you choose to accept, and whatever you think of the Iraq war, there's no getting around that the human cost of this war has been colossal.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
03-23-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: war in iraq, War on terror
War Gamesnew
In the end, Bush's enemies will probably be forced to cooperatively arm themselves with nuclear bombs so as to cooperatively deter us from deterring them.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-16-2006 |
Commentary
