Me: “You make me look downright sexy, new rimless glasses.” new rimless glasses: “Thanks.  But I’m nothing without you, fella.”

Given the impromptu discussion over torture that broke out in the comments of my last WP post, I thought now might be a good time to devote a dedicated post to the subject.  To begin, here’s Thomas Sowell, from “Tortured Reasoning”: Some people seem to see nothing between zero and infinity. Things are either categorically all right or they are categorically off-limits. This kind of reasoning—if it can be called

From the Washington Post: Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held without charges for more than three years on suspicion of plotting a “dirty bomb” attack in this country, has been indicted on three counts alleging he conspired to “murder, maim and kidnap” people overseas. The indictment naming Padilla and four others was unsealed Tuesday after being returned last week by a federal grand jury in Miami. While the charges allege