The deal is done. There are many who never thought that the Republicans who opposed George Bush’s effort to legalize torture was real: they argued that it was political window dressing. Some others thought that a great principle was being defended. Oh well. The administration won anyway. America now condones torture. How low, how desperately […]

The Bush regime wins again. The supine Senate Republicans who never found an opportunity to protect the Constitution that they didn’t run away from caved in and allowed the examination of Bush’s surveillance program to be done in secret. Here’s the New York Times take: Democratic Effort to Limit Surveillance Bill Is Blocked Well at […]