Day of Infamy, Revisited

It’s official. The United States now has torture, detention with no recourse and presidential authority to “interpret international standards” as he/she sees fit on its lawbooks. Take that, moral authority. The wishy-washy Arlen Specter tried to amend this abomination to get habeas corpus included, then turned around and voted for it, as did the sainted …

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Streaming, flaxen, waxen

Ah, memories. I walked into the Dollar Store to pick up cigarettes today, and the oldies radio station was playing a song from “Hair.” Back in 1969 or 1970 my fraternity (Alpha Kappa Lambda) was teamed up with (I think) the Chi Omega sorority to perform this song during Greek Week. Picture a whole bunch …

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Constitutional risk

Trust the Republicans to allow the White House to broaden the definition of unlawful combatants to include anyone who “has engaged in hostilities or who has purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States or its military allies.” That’s sufficiently broad, don’t you think? My goodness, as Rummy would say, there might be a …

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