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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 →

Palestinians are well within their rights to bring the issue of Israeli settlements and their illegality before the United Nations Security Council. Our decision to do so follows both Israel’s refusal to cease all settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian … Continue reading →

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/opinion/14brooks.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss I missed this column by Cockeyed Platonist (CP) when it was first published. 'The Tree Of Failure' is a title redolent with possibilities and CP exercises his good judgment and ethical restraint to telling effect.This is not simply a … Continue reading →