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Torture and Us

The Administration’s continuing efforts to justify torture are outrageous. There is no justification whatever that makes torture tolerable as an instrument of American policy. It is obscene to make exceptions. Either the country tolerates torture or it does not. It cannot be ‘sort of’ against. The Bush team, led by Dick Cheney, continues to try […]

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And About Free Trade

Why are so many liberals vexed about free trade? Aren’t we supposed to like things that enhance freedom? Now I understand that free trade opens up the possibility that some American jobs will be lost. So what? The purpose of free trade is to allow Americans to have access to products and services at the […]

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Clear Headed Thinking on Mortgages

For a well reasoned piece on why liberals should support the abolition of the mortgage tax relief you should check this out: End the Mortgage-Interest Deduction! – Why the left should embrace the Bush tax commission’s most radical proposal. By Jason Furman One of the frustrations I have with politics at the moment is the […]

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