Month: June 2009

A recent column by a prominent advocate of the U.S. torture program is the latest example of how its proponents refuse to address even the most basic facts concerning it. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning...

As far as I know, we haven’t had a serious domestic assassination attempt on a president since Newt Gingrich became Speaker of the House in 1995 (it is often forgotten that there was a serious attempt on Clinton’s...

Cross-posted from ProgressiveHistorians  If you want to understand President Obama’s soul, read his books.  But if you want to understand his beliefs, read John Rawls.  The Harvard academic, who died in...

Rest in Peace Kenny Rankin. I’m sad you’re gone. Hope you’re in a better place. And one for the road:

You’ve probably never heard of Anne Finger. She is a writer for the Progressive Media Project affiliated with The Progressive magazine, and she attended the funeral of Dr. George Tiller. As the former abortion counselor,...