Category: Torture

A Lawless System of Brutality

Andrew P. Napolitano on the torture-linked confession of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in a lawless system of brutality that profoundly violates natural rights, the Constitution’s guarantee of due process as well as federal law.

Chris Hedges: Trump the God

Trump’s portrayal of himself as Jesus, or anointed by Jesus, is typical of cult leaders. Cult leaders are immune from rational and fact-based critique. That’s why all the chatter about fissures in the MAGA universe misreads Trump cultists.

America’s Moral Suicide

The United States – the cynosure of Western society — has committed moral suicide in Gaza; and the death certificate was issued in Iran, writes Michael Brenner.

US Immigration’s Expanding Gulag

It’s no exaggeration to say that ICE detention camps now threaten to become a central instrument of repression under the Trump administration, writes Rebecca Gordon.