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Slither Back Under Your Rock

Arnold Hamilton - May 26, 2009 0

BY EDWIN E. VINEYARD The Darth Vader of the Empire of the American Galactic Era has returned. Banished into outer oblivion in the last...

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Sine Die? Uh, Never Mind

Arnold Hamilton - May 22, 2009 0

BY ARNOLD HAMILTON He can spin it any way he wants, but today's Senate standoff was one final public relations disaster for President Pro Tem...

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Come on, my Republican friends, you can do better than this. From Rush Limbaugh [who doesn’t want the job] to Mike Steele [who wanted it until he got it] back to Dick Cheney? Has anyone heard of new faces, new ideas, “change” – all the things Americans voted for overwhelmingly? The fact […]

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The Torture Paradox

Arnold Hamilton - May 22, 2009 0

BY CECIL ACUFF Whether by the long-ago rack, an instrument by which the body is stretched, or by just "it was pure torture listening to...

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Cheney And The Iraq-Torture Link

Arnold Hamilton - May 20, 2009 0

BY JOE CONASON Defending their record in office these past eight years, figures from the last administration seem especially touchy on the subject of torture. Led by the former vice president, Dick Cheney, they have argued that there was no torture, preferring more vague and delicate terms such as “enhanced interrogation” or simply “the program.” […]

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