Congress to CIA Torturers: ‘If Only You’d Told Us’ Congress to CIA Torturers: ‘If Only You’d Told Us’
The agency's secret destruction of tapes is a parable of the futility of oversight.
Dec 13, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Locked Up in Limbo Locked Up in Limbo
In California, sex offenders face the specter of incarceration without end.
Dec 13, 2007 / Laura Mansnerus
Post-Annapolis Pitfalls Post-Annapolis Pitfalls
Washington must abandon the fantasy that an Israeli-Palestinian agreement can be reached in the face of deep divisions between Fatah and Hamas, the United States and Israel have f...
Dec 13, 2007 / Henry Siegman
Rights of Passage Rights of Passage
How can momentum be restored to the struggle for human rights? Begin by drawing the world's religions into the conversation.
Dec 13, 2007 / Eyal Press
Playing the God Card Playing the God Card
It's not Romney's Mormon faith that threatens the core values of a secular nation. It's Huckabee's messianic candidacy.
Dec 13, 2007 / John Nichols
Noted. Noted.
The Drum Major Institute talks politics with big-city mayors; what do we say when we talk about torture?
Dec 13, 2007 / The Editors
Crime and Cover-Up Crime and Cover-Up
The CIA tapes' destruction and violation of anti-torture statutes they recorded require a special prosecutor.
Dec 13, 2007 / The Editors
Subprime Politics Subprime Politics
Keep people in their homes and start re-regulating the banking industry to end the conflicts of interest that fueled the debacle.
Dec 13, 2007 / The Editors
Express Yourself Express Yourself
This January 22 will mark the 35th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized the right to abortion, Roe vs. Wade. Choice USA is trying to celebrate the occ...
Dec 13, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Bad Sex in the City Bad Sex in the City
There's something untrustworthy about a man who can't conduct a decent affair. Rudy Giuliani never could.
Dec 12, 2007 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski