The good news is, while we’re doubled-over in gastrointestinal agony in the pre-death throes of Ricin poisoning, we can retch and vomit and soil our undies with blood and feces secure in the knowledge that no terrorist was degraded in his efforts to bring about our deaths. And that makes Jesus happy. **** previous torture discussions here, here, and here; also, John Cole slips into his hairshirt and argues the

Iraq election coverage—eight correspondents reporting from eight different provinces—available through PJM.

Raw Story readies the Bushitler nog and prepares to thank Santa for bringing them a “holiday” scalp; Tom Maguire remains dubious. Me?  I think a Rove indictment is certainly possible, but that a conviction is remote.  Of course, if the Tom Delay circus has taught us anything, it’s that the indictment itself is the victory.  And I imagine the Dems would be quite happy with an administration robbed of its

“Have you seen the January 2006 issue of Vanity Fair yet, Billy?  My campaign to end the bloody and illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq—responsible for the slaughter of tens of thousands or Iraqi civilians and two thousand plus of our own beloved civilian-slaughterers in uniform—was awarded ‘Best Stand’ in their annual ‘Best of the Best’ awards.  In fact, they gave me a full two-page photo spread, in which I’m

Cathy Young adds her thoughts to our recent wrangling over feminist labels: […] a few thoughts. Christina Hoff Sommers’ “equity feminism/gender feminism” distinction (originally made in the 1994 book Who Stole Feminism?), which I’ve sometimes used myself, is rather imprecise, and too open to being used as shorthand for “feminists I like/feminists I don’t like.” Sommers defines “gender feminists” as those who see women as oppressed by a “sex/gender system”

Me: “No offense?  But the whole affectation is getting a little stale, I think.” Tucker Carlson’s bowtie: “Feh.  Tell me something I don’t know, pal.”

“Secret database obtained by NBC News tracks ‘suspicious’ domestic groups”: A year ago, at a Quaker Meeting House in Lake Worth, Fla., a small group of activists met to plan a protest of military recruiting at local high schools. What they didn’t know was that their meeting had come to the attention of the U.S. military. A secret 400-page Defense Department document obtained by NBC News lists the Lake Worth

An editiorial by David Tell in this week’s Weekly Standard argues that the only way the US can lose the Iraq war is to lose the will to fight it—which in itself isn’t anything different than what a lot of pro-war writers as have argued.  But what I found interesting was this bit toward the end of the piece.  From “Truth or Consequences”: On October 24, the ACLU made public

On the cusp of nationwide elections in Iraq—as insurgent Sunni Arabs eager to join the political process “actively support the voting, reportedly promising to provide security at polling places, and informing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and other terrorist elements that they oppose any effort to disrupt the elections”—it strikes me that those left arguing that the insurgency is really but a manifestation of Iraqi nationalism have placed themselves in the strange

About those mandatory sexual harassment training courses that many companies put employees through as a way of minimizing their own legal liability in the event charges are brought (and to justify an easy way to terminate an employee should charges be leveled), Hubris notes in the comments to yesterday’s post: Mileage varies on sexual harrassment training (I’ve taken it at several different companies). […] As for myself, I think it’s