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More on Torture

A number of readers have taken me to task for not calling for the prosecution of George Bush et al for war crimes. Glenn Greenwald has now piled on. Let me say this: I would have no moral, legal or spiritual problem with the Obama Administration pursuing this course of action, if they so choose. [...]

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Obama’s Stimuli

Obama today is expected to give a “major” speech on the economy this afternoon at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, probably the first of many to convince “some [that] might be skeptical of the plan,” as he says in excerpts e-mailed to reporters this morning. Just when we thought the eternal campaign was over… [...]