Top Ten Signs We Finally Have an Anti-Torture President

(I got this in an email from Human Rights First.)

Top Ten Signs We Finally Have an Anti-Torture President
10)  The President goes waterskiing instead of waterboarding.
—Jill – Redding, Connecticut
9)   Grand opening of the “Sandals Guantanamo Bay Beach Resort”.
—James – South Orange, New Jersey
 ”Stress Positions” are only for Corporate CEOs, and the phrase “torture memo” refers [...]

How Cure Apathy?

I have recently had a couple of experiences that have left and lingering but not a very happy impression. One was in one of my courses at Mount Mercy, the other was tonight after a Linn Co. Greens viewing and discussion of Naomi Klein talking about the ideas in her book “Shock Doctrine.” [...]