John Yoo has no cojones

by | Jan 29, 2009 | Robin Kirk

Here is a sickening defense of torture — and it is from a coward.  Someone with cojones would have actually used the words:  “I support torture.” But John Yoo is not only wrong and a criminal — he is sin cojones… I’ve included...

The £12,000 insult

by | Jan 29, 2009 | Robin Kirk

Yesterday, the Consultative Group on the Past in Northern Ireland made very sober recommendations on what to do about the legacy of the Troubles — and one whopping mistake: a pay out of £ 12,000 (about $17,000) to the families of everyone killed —...

by | Jan 27, 2009 | Robin Kirk

New Yorker writer Jane Mayer has a new piece on President Obama;s thinking on torture.  A vignette that stands out (and was highlighted by Swampland, the Time political blog) show how deeply our military abhors torture. Not only is this important for the right to...

Take that, Addison and Yoo, et. al.

by | Jan 23, 2009 | Robin Kirk

From today’s Washington Post: …in a broad swipe at the Bush administration’s lawyers, Obama nullified every legal order and opinion on interrogations issued by any lawyer in the executive branch after Sept. 11, 2001.

Truth and reconciliation for the US

by | Jan 21, 2009 | Robin Kirk

Paul Krugman makes a powerful appeal in Rolling Stone: I’m an economist, but I’m also an American citizen — and like many citizens, I spent the past eight years watching in horror as the Bush administration betrayed the nation’s ideals. And I...