Dear Friends: Earlier this week, President Obama expressed openness to the possibility of Congress creating an independent, non-partisan Commission of Inquiry to examine the use of torture in our interrogation policies and practices since Sept. 11, 2001. You can read about President Obama’s comments in the Washington Post by clicking here. President Obama doesn’t need to wait for Congress. He can create a Commission of Inquiry himself. With the release of the International Committee of the Red Cross report identifying... Read more

Dear Friends: Earlier this week, President Obama expressed openness to the possibility of Congress creating an independent, non-partisan Commission of Inquiry to examine the use of torture in our interrogation policies and practices since Sept. 11, 2001. You can read about President Obama’s comments in the Washington Post by clicking here. President Obama doesn’t need to wait for Congress. He can create a Commission of Inquiry himself. With the release of the International Committee of the Red Cross report identifying... Read more

I love living in the 21st Century! Read more

I love living in the 21st Century! Read more

A reader writes: I want to make you aware of a new website for Catholics called “Big C Catholics.” Big C Catholics is for Catholics who are faithful to the Magisterium and seek the fullness of truth. This is a place to reflect on and renew our faith, deepen our commitment to love and receive guidance on our spiritual journey. We seek to promote understanding of authentic Catholic teachings.among Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Here is the URL. If you visit... Read more

A reader writes: I want to make you aware of a new website for Catholics called “Big C Catholics.” Big C Catholics is for Catholics who are faithful to the Magisterium and seek the fullness of truth. This is a place to reflect on and renew our faith, deepen our commitment to love and receive guidance on our spiritual journey. We seek to promote understanding of authentic Catholic teachings.among Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Here is the URL. If you visit... Read more

(if your goal is to create a situation where you have to lie about the efficacy of torture while screwing up legitimate intel gathering processes and introducing chaos into your government). An FBI interrogator disputes the most recent round of torture apologetics from the Usual Suspects. Read more

(if your goal is to create a situation where you have to lie about the efficacy of torture while screwing up legitimate intel gathering processes and introducing chaos into your government). An FBI interrogator disputes the most recent round of torture apologetics from the Usual Suspects. Read more

A guy from the Blue State Chattering Classes goes (like Jane Goodall) to observe believing Evangelicals and Fundamentalists in their natural habitat and discovers (like Jane Goodall) that they are not featureless and indistinguishable hairy primates, but are in fact remarkably like human beings. Now he’s praying and looking for a church. Good for him! Real life beats the cartoon caricature every time. Read more

A guy from the Blue State Chattering Classes goes (like Jane Goodall) to observe believing Evangelicals and Fundamentalists in their natural habitat and discovers (like Jane Goodall) that they are not featureless and indistinguishable hairy primates, but are in fact remarkably like human beings. Now he’s praying and looking for a church. Good for him! Real life beats the cartoon caricature every time. Read more