by Robin Kirk | 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...
by Robin Kirk | 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...
by Robin Kirk | Jan 17, 2009 | Robin Kirk
Just amazing what a psychic relief it is to hear this: This week, at his confirmation hearing, Eric H. Holder Jr., the attorney general-designate, did not hesitate to express a clear view. He noted that waterboarding had been used to torment prisoners during the...
by Robin Kirk | Dec 18, 2008 | Robin Kirk
Required reading from the New York Times: The Torture Report Most Americans have long known that the horrors of Abu Ghraib were not the work of a few low-ranking sociopaths. All but President Bush’s most unquestioning supporters recognized the chain of unprincipled...
by Robin Kirk | Nov 25, 2008 | Robin Kirk
One of the aspects of Bush’s “war on terror” that has not received enough attention is how appalling tactics — torture, warrantless arrests and wiretapping, detention without trial — have dug their way into the world in which we live....
