Monthly Archives: January 2011

January 21, 2011 |   LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email.       To the casual political observer, Reince Priebus, the newly elected chairman … Continue reading →

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For Friedrich Nietzsche, the answer was obvious: to test a philosophy, find out if you can live by it. This is “the only critique of a philosophy that is possible and that proves something,” he wrote in 1874. It’s also … Continue reading →

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Home » Press Release » New Military Commissions Undermine President’s Plan for Justice in Terrorism Cases CONTACT: Brenda Bowser Soder, Human Rights First C: 646-897-6372, W: 202-370-3323 | bowsersoderb@humanrightsfirst.org New Military Commissions Undermine President’s Plan for Justice in Terrorism Cases … Continue reading →

via salon.com I’ve decided to post this very revelatory piece on Matt Miller again, as reminder of the New Democrats and what they really stand for and advocate.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/01/19/obama_holder_doj_miranda&source=newsletter&utm_source=contactology&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Salon_Daily%20Newsletter%20%28Not%20Premium%29_7_30_110#   The argument from exceptionalism must be subject to ruthless questioning and relentless public scrutiny. It is the argument of tyrants,liars and political opportunists! The assertion that a republic can be predicated upon secrets: ‘secret laws’, ‘secret courts’, ‘secret … Continue reading →

Buried in the middle of William James’s chapter on “The Sick Soul” in The Varieties of Religious Experience is the melancholy voice of one asylum patient. “There is no longer any past for me,” the inmate relates, “I can no … Continue reading →