Justices: Gitmo detainees can challenge detention in U.S. courts – CNN.com This is what we call an unalloyed piece of good, if LONG !@#$ OVERDUE, news. The Supreme Court has affirmed that those pesky rights and protections in the Constitution that some of us still think might be sorta, maybe, kinda important to apply equally [...]
McCain Speech to Shed Light On Judicial Philosophy – WSJ.com This is impressive, and a phenomenon I watched in the 2000 Republican primaries — people see a very likable John McCain and ascribe their own positions to him… which he tacitly encourages, I’m sure, by not talking about certain hot-button issues very much. Good on [...]
CNN.com – Molly Ivins: Not. backing. Hillary. – Jan 20, 2006 Too few voices like hers, and now she’s gone. This column, from just over a year ago, could have been written last month. Enough. Enough triangulation, calculation and equivocation. Enough clever straddling, enough not offending anyone This is not a Dick Morris election. Sen. [...]
AlterNet: The Idiocy Behind the ’9/11 Truth’ Movement I enjoy the heck out of Matt Taibbi, and this takedown of the “9/11 Truth” idea (that the Bush administration planned and executed the WTC explosions on 9/11) was a joy to read. [...] Whenever anyone chooses to dismiss 9/11 conspiracy theorists, accusations fly; the internet screams [...]
We prove ourselves citizens of a democracy not by our winning of elections but by our agreeing to lose elections. — Lewis H. Lapham … They should teach this in grade school civics and not let anyone graduate until they really get it. Hearing the news come in today and having watched politics for the [...]