As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, read more

As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, to go undetected and to go unpunished.

Abu Bakr has been advocating intolerance.

Abu Bakr has been advocating intolerance.

We've got the first generation of significantly educated people. There's a black middle class like never before.

We've got the first generation of significantly educated people. There's a black middle class like never before.

She was outstanding all around. She was spiking from the back row. She was consistent in all aspects of the read more

She was outstanding all around. She was spiking from the back row. She was consistent in all aspects of the game.

Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story - which the paper had already inexplicably held read more

Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story - which the paper had already inexplicably held for a year - because he knew that it would reveal him as a law-breaker. He insists he had 'legal authority derived from the Constitution and congressional resolution authorizing force.' But the Constitution explicitly requires the president to obey the law. And the post 9/11 congressional resolution authorizing 'all necessary force' in fighting terrorism was made in clear reference to military intervention. It did not scrap the Constitution and allow the president to do whatever he pleased in any area in the name of fighting terrorism.

No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.

No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.

Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we read more

Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we can't get it together [in the face of Hurricane Katrina], ... So imagine a country that's very poor, with a clunky bureaucracy. The ability to coordinate and manage this sort of crisis, especially in a country with corruption, high levels of alcoholism and a top-heavy bureaucracy, is challenging.

That was love. I didn't think he should've gotten arrested for that. If was her dying wish, you got to read more

That was love. I didn't think he should've gotten arrested for that. If was her dying wish, you got to do what you gotta do.

There's a healthy two-way trade.

There's a healthy two-way trade.