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Krugman on Bybee and the ‘Apparatchiks’

Apr 27, 2009
Clearly, Paul Krugman, pictured above, is no fan of federal Judge Jay Bybee, legislative enabler of the "enhanced interrogation technique" that's become one shameful symbol of the past eight years: waterboarding. You know it's not good when Newt Gingrich is held up as a paragon of a bygone, and preferable, brand of Republicanism.

Torturers Should Be Punished

Apr 22, 2009
The door to bringing torturers to justice is open only a crack. Whether it is kicked open or slammed shut is not up to the president. Though he may occupy the most powerful office on Earth, there is a force more powerful: committed people demanding change.

Secret Bush Memos Gave President Even More Power

Mar 4, 2009
President Bush's memo fetish is well documented, but the Obama administration has just made public a series of memos that said the executive had extraordinary powers far beyond those traditionally considered legal. According to the crack legal minds of the Bush administration, the president could overrule the other branches of government.