Notes from an interview with Philippe Sands, author of Torture Team

The other night I was listening to Fresh Air with Terry Gross and caught this interview with Philippe Sands, a professor of law at the University College of London. It’s worth listening to the entire piece. He talks about his book, Torture Team: Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values, which was released this [...]

Notes from Fresh Air

There have been a million things I have meant to blog about in the past couple of months, particularly with the uproarious outrage of McCain’s naming of Palin as his running mate and Obama being pushed to the brink of changing his middle name to Steve.  But instead – I have just finished eating some [...]

CNN proves that it makes the news and that people can’t think for themselves

I’m sitting at the airport waiting for weather to clear up in NYC so I can fly from here through there to my destination.  I may have said before that I don’t have television at home.  The one (dis)advantage of hanging out in the airport lobby is that I have an opportunity to catch up [...]

State law and international law: Executing Mexicans in Texas

Whether or not you believe in capital punishment, most people believe in due process.  A couple of weeks ago, I posted a link about Mexican inmates on death row in Texas that were denied access to Mexican consul.  Today there was an article posted in The Dallas Morning News’ Religion Blog regarding one of the [...]

What will McCain have to do to compete?

This particular news bit is already 5 days old, but it got me thinking – was a McCain/Jindal ticket really out of the question? Bobby Jindal, for those that do not know, is the Republican (right wing Christian) governor of Louisiana. He ran in 2003 and lost to Democrat Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, in a watershed [...]

Abortion proposal, condom use, US executions of Mexican citizens, and PEPFAR funding

I get my news from a variety of sources, some of which are dubious although most are reputable. Here are a lot of things that I’ve been thinking about today: Abortion Proposal Sets Condition on Aid: Though there is some denial that this draft proposal even exists, it seems clear that the USG is still [...]