By • Apr 21,2009

Torture

I’m trying to get my head around both the recently released memos and the issue as a whole. I believe that torture is wrong and that it doesn’t work. But...

By • Apr 20,2009

A health care follow up

Let me second David’s call for a streamlined health care system; having spent a year on a COBRA program (at something like $500 a month, IIRC), I can attest to...

By • Apr 19,2009

That promised longer post (Updated)

I wound up working through most of my thoughts in the original post on the torture memos from Thursday, and I’ve been immersed in Dave Cullen’s new book “Columbine” for the...

By • Apr 16,2009

“Torture” (Updated)

It’s probably not all that surprising that I most strongly identify with this reaction, from Abe Greenwald, about the “torture” memos: Try not to weep for your country’s lost ideals as...

By • Apr 16,2009

The real victims

From Will Saletan’s piece today on United’s plan to charge hyper-obese people more for flights: Lots of airlines are cracking down on fat people. Why? Because the airlines have made...