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The Blame and Shame Game
Amnesty International released a report today accusing China and Russia of supplying arms to Sudan. An arms embargo has prevented arms deals...
New Work Details the Complicity of the Medical Profession in Abusive Interrogation
As the issue of "aggressive" interrogation has become increasingly prevalent on the public radar since the Abu Ghraib scandal in 2004, the...
Petraeus on Torture Study
Gen. David Petraeus responded to the findings we discussed yesterday that suggested an erosion of the moral foundation of U.S. troops in...
What Would Orwell Do?
I love George Orwell. I find his writing a tonic for much of the nonsense that passes for political commentary these days....
Old (but important) Business
I'd like to start a conversation about a few pieces of "old business" that many had hoped the Democratic leadership would have...
This One Goes to Eleven
One of my all-time favorite comedies is "This Is Spinal Tap ," Rob Reiner's Mockmentary about the world's most obscure heavy metal...
U.S. Army Survey Paints Bleak Picture on Torture
A recent survey of U.S. troops in Iraq paints a bleak picture of an Army that is seeing the erosion of its...
Climate Security: Who’s at Risk?
Worldwatch researcher Michael Renner's chapter in the 2005 edition of State of the World is probably the best summary of the intersection...
Niger Delta Reminds Us of the Cost of Oil
An article by Scott Baldauf in today's Christian Science Monitor on the ongoing turmoil in the Niger Delta reminds us that the...
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other…
Deep in Al Kamen's usually fun but almost always snarky In the Loop column in the Washington Post last Friday, there was...
U.S. Playing Catch-Up as Zimbabwean Bid for UNCSD Chair Moves Forward
SustainUS, the U.S. youth network for sustainable development, sends delegations of young people to U.N. sustainable development meetings every year to meet...