So let me get this straight. Dutch Security fails to identify a potential terrorist and keep him off a plane flying in to Detroit. Then, the guy turns out to be a not very competent suicide bomber and fails to… Continue Reading
It’s time for Bible stories. And they’re awful. In fact, they’re so bad I feel compelled to put them below a jump so that squeamish Readers can avoid them. Disclaimers first, and then the blood. So you can skip the… Continue Reading
Representative David Obey has proposed a “war tax” in the Share Our Sacrifice Act. This is, I presume, a progressive’s idea of fiscal responsibility. Most families would pay an additional 1% of their net income as a surtax to their… Continue Reading
A National Guard unit from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin deployed to Iraq has encountered an unusual problem — the Iraqi detainees under its custody have made known their affection for Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre. If the fact that Iraqi terrorist… Continue Reading
I’m as committed as ever to the idea of due process. I have plenty of intellectual companionship in saying that a trial is the right thing to do because indefinite detention is not a good option, and that we should… Continue Reading
I have to admit more than a little bit of frustration over the hue and cry, mainly from the right, about the upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to be held in the United States District Court for the Southern… Continue Reading
I What is Terrorism? In 2003, I read a book by Caleb Carr called The Lessons of Terror. In it, Carr argued that terrorism is a military threat and should be handled by the military in the way that the… Continue Reading
Here’s the memo. Some people seem to have not got it yet, so I’m giving you the salient points here. We do not afford criminals due process because we think the criminals are morally worthy of much of anything. They… Continue Reading
Hiding in plain sight is often the most effective way to go.
If anyone deserves an award with the thoroughly awesome name “Badass of the Week,” it’s got to be this 18-year-old Kashmiri woman named Rukhsana Kauser. Abigail Adams once wrote to her husband while he was at the Continental Congress, “Remember… Continue Reading