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CIA Largely in the Dark on Interrogation Tactics
CIA turned to countries known for their use of torture including Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to develop program.
The Colonels and 'The Matrix'
A group of young thinkers has triggered a simmering debate about how far the military should go in embracing counterinsurgency.
Breaking News...About Tom Waits
Usually I limit my blogging to environment-related topics, but this was just too good to be true (though I assure you, it is). Tom Waits' publicist verified last night that Waits is in fact going on tour this summer. It will be a U.S. and European tour, with no dates determined as of yet. This is a rare event for the legendary American musician whose last (very short) tour was in 2006.
McConnell: Buckley's Death Inspires Me!
Lillis is on the phone reporting or something, so I'm going to steal his thunder on this press release Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell just sent out about the late William F. Buckley.
Bill Buckley inspired us with the passion and conviction of his life. And when we learned that he had died in his study, he inspired us by his death.
Um, dude. What were you inspired to, you know, do?
Why Is Doan Out?
It's never wise to blast those in charge of audits.
Clinton Devised Both Pro-war and Anti-war Candidacy
Ten minutes in Hollywood on Thursday could prove to be Clinton's Waterloo -- if not now, then perhaps in November.
Security Gains From 'Surge' Backsliding
The idea to send an additional 30,000 troops to Iraq was meant to create 'breathing room' to create political stability.
When War Seems Unwinnable: Why Tet Matters
By the close of 1967, a half-million U.S. troops were in Vietnam, and Americans at home, viewing the war on television in their living rooms, had become inured to familiar images. Sweating in the fierce tropical heat and humidity, platoons of “grunts” were disgorged from hovering helicopters and cut through thick jungles or crossed flooded rice fields to faraway villages, occasionally stumbling onto mines or booby traps, or drawing fire from concealed snipers.
Iraq Veterans To Testify at Their Own 'Winter Soldier'
In 1971, 100 veterans gathered in Detroit to speak publicly about war atrocities they witnessed and committed. Iraq veterans will meet in Washington, hoping to hold the military -- not individuals -- responsible for the horrors of war.
Ayn Rand 101
THE JAUNDICED EYE
Two dozen colleges have accepted millions to start programs devoted to Ayn Rand's philosophy. What could a survey course look like?
Donald Rumsfeld: Still There
Remember Donald Rumsfeld? He seems like a bad dream. And yet here he is, popping up in Washington to talk about how the U.S. needs a Ministry of Propaganda. Here’s what he told Sharon Weinberger of Wired’s Danger Room:
Independence of CDC Scientists in Question
Gerberding rocked the CDC by centralizing control and boosting public relations efforts while introducing expensive, often unworkable new management techniques.
'Bipartisan' Think Tank Attacks Democrats
The neo-conservative non-profit has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the State Department.
Habeas Case Quietly Heads to Supreme Court
The case demands attention because it presents in stark relief two key questions of governments extraterritorial detentions.
U.S. Economy Looks Like Weimar on the Brink
Twentieth-century economic history generated two great bogeymen: the Great Inflation and the Great Depression. The memory of both continues to haunt policy-makers.
Abortion Ban For American Indians Only
The new rule, sponsored by scandal-scarred Sen. David Vitter, adds a race-specific layer to a federal law that prohibits abortion coverage under federal health programs.
Steroid Saga Takes Turn for Dramatic, Gross
Congress's sweeping probe into performance enhancing drug use in baseball now seems more like a public feud between Roger Clemens and his ex-personal trainer Brian McNamee.
McNamee walked into the House's Rayburn office building this afternoon carrying seven-years old bloody syringes, vials and gauze pads. His lawyer's promised that this unseemly trash is the treasure proving his client truthfully accused Clemens of using steroids and human growth hormones.
PART ONE: Mortgage Crisis Triggers Walk Aways
The once reverent relationship between buyer and home is changing. Owners no longer hang on to homes above all else.
PART TWO
Immigration Fails to Rally GOP Base in Florida
The Palm Beach Post is partly correct in its editorial of Jan. 31, "McCain Beats Extremism," focusing on the failure of former Republican governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney to gain votes from his anti-immigrant positions.
Can't We All Just Get Along?
Immigration, that snaggletooth of an issue that has set the Bush administration against its conservative base, is now driving a wedge between Republican leaders in the House and Senate as well. It seems that the House economic stimulus bill -- which has White House support -- does too little, in the eyes of some GOP senators, to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving benefits.
