…the Constitution doesn’t say every individual in the United States or every citizen is hereby granted or assured the right to habeas.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the Senate Judiciary Committee (transcript not available online, see coverage by the San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times)
The best reaction to this attitude towards habeas corpus I can […]
I was recently reminded of Brad Borevitz’s excellent State of the Union text analysis project. This year, he’s added a tool that lets us graph the frequency of words against each other. Here’s an interesting example, over time the use of the word “freedom” has risen dramatically, while “liberty” has remained fairly steady.
Maybe […]
Hate, unfortunately is what substitutes for political discourse these days. - Diane Meyer
As age presumably imparts increased wisdom, I’ve grown to oppose the death penalty. This is mostly a result of my libertarian perspective; executions do not directly serve any of the obligations of government.
The satisfaction of scheudenfreud or katharsis cannot outweigh the risk of error.
I believe life imprisonment is more cost effective, a more likely […]
Bill Poser has asked “Why the attention to Bush’s language?”
For the comedy, of course.
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The world has enough food. It has enough medicine. It has enough scientific research and invention. We know how to prevent malaria —- we’ve known for over 50 years. We know how to halt HIV. We know how to put down our guns. It can be peaceful, just and healthy; all it needs is good […]
The Iowa Election Markets tend to be one of the more accurate predictors of election results. For almost a month now, the simulations have predicted that the GOP will hold the US Senate but lose the House. Interestingly, the last-minute uptick in Republican poll standings have not been reflected there.
The Diebold touchscreen machines are clunky, with blocky, aliased text against a pink background, and the printout is behind a door that most people don’t think to open. Don’t you think a few hours with someone who can spell “usability” might have been called for?
I voted mostly in line with Steve Patterson, but I […]
George W. Knox, director of the National Gang Crime Research Center, said he has trained hundreds of police officials in how to cull intelligence on gang membership, rivalries, territory and lingo from these Web pages.
“In order to understand any subculture, be it al Qaeda, witches, devil worshippers or gangs, you have to be able to […]
IM misfire from an overseas business partner:
1:52:46 AM redacted: Very important news!!! The artist who drew the pictures of the Prophet Muhammed (P.B.U.H)has died in a fire. He was burned alive. Denmark government is hiding the news from the public and everyone has got to know. Plz spread this…. (Its the price one must pay […]
