EconTech

Seriously, I just don’t understand how this administration has gotten away with breaking as many serious laws as they have. I don’t like, but can see, politicians getting away with things like corruption, nepotism, inept wars, even false premises for war. These are all things that strike at our values of democracy. But even then, [...]

All but admitted, by the CIA, use of torture techniques, and the illegality of those techniques, by CIA would of course trigger a DOJ investigation. Except in the Bush administration:
Waterboarding is necessary though probably not legal, CIA Director Michael Hayden told Congress Thursday as Attorney General Michael Mukasey said he would not open a criminal [...]

Eventually I will write out my rationale for posting this. In the mean time, my only comment is that I don’t post enough of these:
The Republican Clown Show Continues…

Starring Mitt Romney:
If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and [...]

People often mock Thabo Mbeki for not believing that HIV causes AIDS (to avoid getting into the AIDS policy qua colonization debate, let us ignore whatever claims to the contrary that his position is ‘dissident’ as opposed to ‘denier’). I want to know how we would consider Huckabee any more enlightened than Mbeki, considering the [...]

I say I am non-partisan. More accurate would be a statement of anti-Republicanism (not necessarily pro-<other_party>). But I just wanted to be clear, the winner of your Iowa caucus does not believe in evolution. Just start a new party already.