Richard Clarke Slams Cheney, Rice: “The Trauma Of 9/11 Is No Excuse”
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 31st, 2009 4:39 am by HL
Richard Clarke Slams Cheney, Rice: “The Trauma Of 9/11 Is No Excuse”
Top officials from the Bush administration have hit upon a revealing new theme as they retrospectively justify their national security policies. Call it the White…
Obamas Date Night PHOTOS: Barack Takes Michelle To NYC For Dinner, Broadway Play
NEW YORK (AP) – President Barack Obama made good on a campaign promise to his most important supporter Saturday night — his wife, Michelle. The…
Leah Anthony Libresco: Wikipedia Removes Semi-Protection from Civil Liberties
The public square just got a whole lot less open. On May 29th, Wikipedia, “the encyclopedia anyone can edit” banned all IP addresses affiliated with…
Obama Administration Vows To Keep Using ‘States Secrets’ Defense
The Obama administration has informed a federal judge it will continue to invoke the “state secrets” privilege in a legal battle with an Islamic charity…
George Lakoff: Empathy, Sotomayor, and Democracy: The Conservative Stealth Strategy
We cannot let conservatives get away with redefining empathy as irrational and idiosyncratic personal feeling. Empathy is the basis of our democracy and its true meaning must be defended.