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Is Dick Cheney Above the Law?

What makes Cheney think he, as a former elected official, is empowered to thumb his nose at a legitimate inquiry? Dick Cheney Discusses Torture Investigation on Fox News Sunday [...]

Is Torture Probe Risk For Obama’s healthcare plan?

There is no excuse for linking healthcare to investigating torture. Those who do so ought to be called on it immediately. [...]

Eric Holder to the Rescue?

If there’s one area of the Obama presidency that’s been vexing to many of his strongest supporters, it’s been his reluctance to take a hard look at the past sins of his predecessor.

Specifically, questions about torture, illegal surveillance and the like have been given short shrift by this president.

The thinking of his [...]

Obama Goes to the Mattresses
President Obama’s State of the Union Tuesday night threw down a gauntlet Republicans won’t be able to cast aside simply by saying “he’s dividing us”. His basic thrust was that it’s time for American to actually be America, a challenge this country must embrace if we are to think of ourselves as a world […]
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New York’s 100 Most Powerless
100 most powerless New Yorkers First, let me be clear. This wasn’t my idea… In The Village Voice Wednesday’s edition, Steven Thrasher has the cover story, The 100 Most Powerless New Yorkers. The piece is brilliant, and while this humble blog can’t share the entire list, a good number of the most powerless […]
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GOP Clown Show Hits Next Venue: New Hampshire
The results of the Iowa Republican Caucuses are now known. So the candidates, from top to bottom, can now stop acting like they really care one way or the other about the people of that good state. I asked a Des Moines talk show host about the fact that once the caucuses are done, […]
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