Everybody’s up in arms this evening about the Supreme Court’s Hamdan Decision:
The Supreme Court today delivered a stunning rebuke to the Bush administration over its plans to try Guantanamo detainees before military commissions, ruling that the commissions violate U.S. law and the Geneva Conventions governing the treatment of war prisoners.
In a 5-3 decision, the court […]
Last week, I wrote an article in which I referred to my father — a peaceful, liberal man who taught me about the struggles of the powerless and oppressed. I said:
It was, he taught me, because the people who are fighting in this way have no other recourse; they’re powerless and lashing out the only […]
I’ve been watching the unfolding scenario in Israel and Palestine all day, absolutely stunned at how far this has gone… and how fast.
Earlier, the EU said,
“All sides need to consider their responsibilities extremely carefully,” EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said in a statement.
[snip]
“Both sides must step back from the brink before this becomes a […]
The debate in Congress continues about whether to raise the minimum wage, and Democrats apparently are willing to forego their COLA increase to force the raise through:
Democrats ratcheted up their election-year push for an increase in the federal minimum wage Tuesday by promising to block a congressional pay hike unless some of the lowest-paid hourly […]
Early this year, the “Mohammed Cartoons” scandal inflamed Muslims, while western supporters of a free press supported the right to caricatures of, well… pretty much anybody. (For the record, Polimom was supportive of publishing the cartoons, and the target was/is immaterial.)
Many Western writers and commentators defended those cartoons as freedom of speech, freedom of expression, […]
You know, folks, I’m glad we worry so much about possible governmental intrusions into our rights and privacy. Big Brother is always lurking.
Take the UK, for example…
(My post at Polimom Too here).
They’ve given us a lovely example of why we should never let a government expand that far. I have confidence that the opposition to, […]
I believe that Americans, at heart, are good people. They care about their families and their neighbors. They worry about the planet and its stewardship, and they’re concerned about our relationship with the rest of the world.
They want to do the right thing, always — so it’s no surprise that there’s national anguish about […]
Late yesterday, the FBI arrested seven people in the Miama, FL area: five are American, one is Haitian (who is here illegally on a lapsed visa), and one described only as a “permanent alien” (that I’ve found). The indictment (link to pdf) charges them with plotting to attack the FBI office in Miami and the […]