The term "torture" is the opposite of the word "rights": everybody is for "rights," but everybody is against "torture." The commonly accepted definition, the historic use of the word, and the different uses of the word do not matter. We all say that we are for "rights," and against "torture."

Of course, we aren't all against torture, we're just ( Read more... )

So I went to a Bill Ayers talk at Pitzer yesterday. Somehow the geniuses at Pitzer got it in their heads to not only invite an unrepentant terrorist, but also pay his speaking fees. Of course, I didn't have anything better to be doing yesterday, so I decided to go see if he was all he is cracked up to be ( Read more... )

The Constitution of the United States is short and straightforward. Here are two simple quotes ( Read more... )

Seriously, here's what Obama said on Lincoln's 200th ( Read more... )

"What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a ( Read more... )

I am currently waiting for my clinic partner to finish his part of a project before I can start mine, so while I'm waiting, let's sit back, relax, and talk a little legal philosophy. Responding to this stupid overreaction from Bill O'Reilly to a non-issue about Dan Barker putting a sign up, I posted this comment:

The comparison to Martin Luther ( Read more... )

So it's my birthday, and you know what that means ( Read more... )

It's that time of year! The time when the snow melts off the mountains, the flowers bloom, and we realize that the major-party candidates are all a bunch of morons. I really don't see myself voting for Hillary under any circumstance (she has no economic sense whatsoever), I'd be hard-pressed to vote for Obama (he has a bit more sense than Hillary, ( Read more... )

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