Our Warden-in-Chief Mostly I agree with Glenn Greenwald that only a politician's actions matter, and speculation about his or her motives is pointless. But when a politician reverses himself repeatedly on core campaign promises and rhetoric immediately after… Continue reading →
No really, he does. There's a lot of it going around in Queens. Know what his parents did? They took him to the hospital, got him some medicine, and he's getting better. They put a tv in his room and are keeping his siblings away from him, and he's having a… Continue reading →
The title of this blog is taken directly from the dialogue of the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie. I went with this title* because I still cannot believe I heard someone in this post-Dark Knight Hollywood exclaim something as laughable as ‘Blow him to… Continue reading →
The Torture Mentality, Part 3 Still trying to keep up with the messages I receive from torture apologists. Recently I received one from a gentleman named James R. Hostert on my Amazon blog. Mr. Hostert's opinions in favor of torture are depressingly common… Continue reading →
Incoherent Truth Suppression As op-eds go, this one in the NYT praising President Obama for reversing himself and deciding to block the publication of additional torture photos is particularly vapid and incoherent. You have to read the whole thing to… Continue reading →