Addressing Torture

There has been a great deal of discussion lately of what is and what is not torture and whether Americans should torture in any event.
Recent discussion suggests that there are three levels to the controversy. The first is that there is an international prohibition against torture and that Americans should strive to live up to [...]

On the Beach: Wrong-headed Rightfulness

My wife and I just had the opportunity to see “On the Beach”, the anti-war picture issued in 1959 on the basis of a book by Neville Shute. It is the story of the Australians waiting until all would be killed by nuclear radiation that had killed everyone else in the world. I did not [...]