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Laws or men?

Friday, June 15, 2007

Now that Libby has been sent to jail by Judge Walton, we will learn whether we are a government of laws and not of men. I’m not talking about a possible pardon, which would only confirm what we all know: that Bush and his gang are a bunch of petty criminals. Libby will ask the […]

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Memorial Day musings

Sunday, May 27, 2007

This is Memorial Day weekend, the holiday on which, in theory anyway, we pause to remember the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform. It behooves us also to consider what they are being asked to sacrifice for, and whether they or anyone else can claim that those sacrifices are for noble goals […]

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Due Process on Gitmo

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Yesterday I linked to a couple of youtube videos, the creators of which were unable to appreciate the irony in Randy Newman’s songs. I now find myself having to admit that I’m not sure whether I can recognize irony when I see it. In this morning’s Times we read about the “trial” or “military hearing” […]

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Coming soon to a neighborhood near you

Monday, April 23, 2007

Someone in the Pentagon has a past, or a promising future, on Madison Avenue. The euphemistic heights have been reached, perhaps someday to be equalled, but never to be surmounted. As someone who dabbles in writing I can only doff my hat to the person who came up with the idea of calling the walled […]

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