I am very glad to see this appointment. Thanks to Glenn for providing details concerning her stance. Now let's see if there is a will to go where she wants the administration to go.
This morning, to my astonishment, the op ed page of the New York Times gave over a very large space to John Bolton and John Yoo to lecture President elect Obama concerning the Constitution and treaty power. While Bolton is bad enough as an intellectual fraud, to my knowledge he has not committed the crimes that Yoo has in providing legal cover for torture. What a sign of willingness to simply "move on." So I wrote to the Times basically the following:
I was interested to see that the New York Times has seen fit to give space to John Yoo, he of the infamous torture memos, to lecture the president elect on constitutional matters. What is next? Giving David Duke space to advice Obama on race relations?
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 Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. 8 -- but gay marriage lost
Once one obtains Seriousness credentials in the Washington media, they are irrevocable no matter one's conduct.
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