CIA On the Couch Recent revelations in James Risen’s new book, Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War, add an additional dimension to this story–it appears that senior staff members of the American...
Read MoreJonathan Chait makes a good observation about how the right went from insisting that waterboarding isn’t so bad and was, in any case, only carried out on three bad guys, to attempting to gloss over all manner of torture....
Read MoreStarting at noon, the Senate will be in session all day, possibly past midnight, holding vote after vote on as many as 20 unconfirmed nominations made by the Obama administration. These will be procedural cloture votes that,...
Read MoreHello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with my detour from the Cape May 2nd Empire VIctorian house. In my searches through vintage airliners (see last week’s installment), I came upon the photo...
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