Paul Phillips

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• The Justification of Torture Gets Obliterated Part Four – False Confessions

  

  Continued from parts one, two, and three...The next section in the report addresses the “dangers of false confessions”.  Lots of interesting tidbits of info... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Justification of Torture Gets Obliterated Part Three – Library Tower Plot

  

  Continued from parts one and two…The Zubaydah section is followed by the info on the plot to take out the Library Tower.  It starts with the absurd quote from... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Justification of Torture Gets Obliterated Part Two – Abu Zabaydah

  

  Continued from part one...Now comes the most laughable defense of torture I could ever imagine:Rodriguez argued that deceptiveness proved the usefulness of the... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Justification of Torture Gets Obliterated Part One – Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

  

  Any debate concerning the use of torture on suspects always contains an accepted assumption about the tactic: torture works by giving law enforcement... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The United States: Governing Its Way to Foreign Rule

  

  A recent article in Foreign Policy points out the growing amount of foreign companies buying and taking over long time American favorites. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Close U.S. Allies Abusing Justice in Middle East

  

  An old saying goes “friends are the family you choose”.  If that is the case, the United States’ “family members” in the Middle East need some lessons in justic... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chi Tribune’s Take on Iran: Ignorance Running Wild, Part Two

  

  Continued from Part One here…And which of these labels would the cyber attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel know as Stuxnet fall under? Is that an incentive... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chi Tribune’s Take on Iran: Ignorance Running Wild, Part One

  

  The Chicago Tribune decided to weigh in on the Iran situation by making a comparison to the ongoing chicanery in North Korea. Just a couple problems: the... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Grab-Bag for Today: Gay Marriage, Guantanamo, Mexico Violence, and Drones

  

  Uruguay Legalizes Gay MarriageThe South American country of Uruguay has legalized gay marriage through its Chamber of Deputies. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dying Conservative Myth: Raising the Minimum Wage Leads to Job Loss

  

  While watching this debate on raising the minimum wage in the U.S., one commentator made a point that deserves further recognition on this issue. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Countering the Right: The Kid’s Argument Against Gun Control Part 2

  

  Continued from Part 1 here…Then a common and pertinent point made by gun advocates and worth addressing.Now, even of those 3,371, only 37 were killed with a... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Countering the Right: The Kid’s Argument Against Gun Control Part 1

  

  A recently posted video on YouTube has been making the rounds in conservative circles as it shows an eloquent 15-year-old girl giving a speech to Maryland... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• NRA and Gun Advocates’ Bizarre and Ignorant Opposition to New UN Arms Trade...

  

  On Tuesday, the United Nations passed a new treaty regarding international trade of arms that, as UNICEF’s chief of Child Protection puts it,“asks States to... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Couple of Not-So-Funny (But Still Funny) Articles on April 1

  

  Two articles from the Atlantic today do a little tickling of the funny bone and only somewhat unintentionally. The first is about the “paradox of second... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 21 Graphs That Show America’s Health-care Prices Are Ludicrous

  

  .The huge downside of the health care reform was not all the mythical pieces people complained about, most of which didn’t even exist.  It’s the fact that... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chaos in Mexico Gets Worse as U.S. Continues to Dodge Responsibility

  

  To say Mexico has descended into almost unbelievable conditions in recent years is an understatement. Then again, considering the lack of attention it gets in... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Schizophrenic U.S. Policy in Middle East: What Type of Government Do We Support?

  

  A couple of articles in recent days on the CSM’s site might leave one wondering just what is U.S. policy toward the Middle East as far as the idea of democracy... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Poor Are More Generous Than Wealthy Folks: What This Means – Part Two

  

  Continued from part one here… Which brings us to one last element that should be addressed here: what does this mean for the believers of the failed theory of... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Poor Are More Generous Than Wealthy Folks: What This Means – Part One

  

  An article on the Atlantic’s site this week is summed up in one simple line: “The wealthiest Americans donate 1.3 percent of their income; the poorest, 3.2... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gerson’s Foreign Policy Op-ed: All Kinds of Wrong

  

  Reading Michael Gerson’s latest piece on foreign policy and the idea America is in retreat at the moment from the rest of the world leaves one wondering how he... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY