A nation is defined not just by its actions but also by the principles it affirms and rejects.--GG
Hard to tell what 'principles' we hold at all. Seems to depend from one situation to the next.
In other related news:
The New York Times reports that John Brennan, the controversial ex-CIA official who abruptly withdrew as Barack Obama's CIA director in November, will become White House director of counterterrorism.
Is Obama a comedian or something?
http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/the-re-up/#comments
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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