This isn't about therapy. It's a latter day, somewhat secularized version of an old institution. Penance. When you sin, you live an austere, shamed, private environment. At some point in the future you emerge with your sins absolved.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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