(crossposted at Midtopia) Diverse and Contradictory has a post discussing why political parties are congenitally incapable of governing. The Republicans and Democrats have tried so hard to be the party of everyone, that it’s impossible to gain any real consensus among their members. Republicans have fought this weakness by creating polarizing issues and then standing [...]
Reader_i_am writes: Not long ago, I made the mistake of bringing up the concept of moral courage in a comments section elsewhere. Almost immediately, that idea was dismissed, even pooh-poohed, and I assume it was because the word “moralâ€Â? is immediately associated with religion and petty “moralism.” But moral courage isn’t about that (although, at [...]
That’s what the Jack Balkin thinks, and it has one helluva good point… Today the Army filed criminal charges against Lt. Col Steven L. Jordan, a military intelligence officer who was second-in-command of interrogation operations at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Charge III of the Army’s Charge Sheet accuses Jordan of “cruelty and maltreatment,” based [...]
U.N. decides it should protect people after all. UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council affirmed for the first time Friday that the international community has a responsibility to protect civilians from genocide, war crimes and ethnic cleansing when national governments fail to do so. A resolution, which was unanimously approved by the 15-nation council, [...]
(crossposted from Midtopia) In a report required as part of the renewal of the Patriot Act, the Justice Department said Friday that the FBI secretly sought information on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents last year. The report covers some but not all National Security Letters, which let the government obtain records without a judge’s [...]
I’m showing you a picture of my car, which a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta. It’s a nice car that gets me where I need to go. So, why am I showing you this? Look at this next photo. Do you see the letters “TDI?” That stand for “Turbo Diesel Injection.” Yes, my car runs on diesel [...]
Looks like we’re going to the Save Darfur rally in DC this Sunday. I say it ‘looks like’ because although we have plane tickets, and hotel reservations, and have boarded the animals, one can never overestimate my family’s capacity for screwing up even the most settled plans. Used to be there was a one-to-one ratio [...]
…but first it must be destroyed… And after the response to Katrina, this isn’t a shock… WASHINGTON â€â€? Hurricane Katrina exposed flaws in the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security that are “too substantial to mend,” and FEMA should be dismantled and rebuilt inside the troubled department, according to the final [...]
“Institutionally, the presidency is walking all over Congress at the moment. If we are to maintain our institutional prerogative, that may be the only way we can do it.” – Senator Arlen Specter, R-Pa. He’s talking about proposing legislation to cut off funding for the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program if Congress doesn’t get some answers [...]
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