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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
We need Americans to wake up to the fact that freedom, liberty, civil rights, and the rule of law are far more important than our petty fears of the 'other'. That is true no matter which party is selling the fear to keep the public in line.
I read that some are calling for 'preventive detentions' to be made part of our normal legal proceedures and inacted into federal law. How could any American ask for someone to be detained indeffinatly without being charged or tried in a court of law? (civilian court, I mean)
Now you tell me that a politician back-tracks as soon as she is on the verge of being able to accually do something. Imagine my surprise!
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
Salon headlines in your mailbox
