Author: catnip

I’m so glad we had this time together Just to have a laugh and sing a song Seems we just get started and before you know it Comes the time we have to say “So long”. – Joseph H. (“Joe”)...

During wartime, when is killing rightly seen as murder as opposed to what constitutes normal warfare? One would think the lines between the two are quite distinct, but the Afghanistan and Iraq wars have muddied that difference....

“We do not torture”, said George Bush in Panama today. Raise your hand if you believe him. If the CIA does not torture people in their secret prisons and with detainees still reporting such vile acts, why is Bush so...

Chat. Yap. Blabber. Carry on. Pontificate. Speechify. Vent. Rant. Prattle. Reason. Sass. Soliliquize. Spout off. Yak. Intone. Opine. Blab. Confess. Purge. Squeal. Inform. Amuse.

Monday’s Washington Post has yet another story, “Cheney Fights for Detainee Policy”, about Cheney’s hard line stance against McCain’s anti-torture amendment. This article raises the stakes a bit...