Exclusive: The euphemism, “enhanced interrogations,” is finally fading amid truth-telling that President George W. Bush authorized — and the CIA engaged in — torture of “war on terror” detainees. The lack of a backlash to the stomach-turning new details also suggests that Americans…
Category: Right Wing
Facing Realities of Race
Torture Report Exposes Sadism and Lies
Rescuing Diplomacy in an Age of Demagogy
The New Republic’s Ugly Reality
Stifling Dissent on the Upper East Side
Propaganda’s Triumph over Journalism
Legacy of Whites Killing Black ‘Demons’
Ukraine’s Made-in-USA Finance Minister
The Impending Failure in Afghanistan
America’s neocon-driven foreign policy is more about political one-ups-man-ship in Official Washington than the realities on the ground in countries like Afghanistan where the U.S. military is then expected to do more than is possible, leading to failure after failure,…