Supreme Court Justice David Souter is retiring

Supreme Court Justice David Souter, Huffington Post, NPR, Pres. George H.W. Bush, Pres. Obama, Deborah the judge

Hollywood’s answer to torture

Torture, Hollywood, “Judgment at Nuremberg”

Well, hell!

Supreme Court, FCC, No-swear-world rule

Will anything shock us ever again?

Torture, Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

They beat up a Baptist preacher

Baptist, Preacher, Bordern Control, Beating

If I was president, the first thing I’d do is…

Marc Ash, Truthout, Obama, President, Honeymoon

Torture, and building concensus through our response to it

Mark Silk, Spiritual Politics, Torture

Is it wrong to promote volunteerism?

Serve America Act, Paranoid, Facism, Community service, Graduating seniors, Parents

Putting policy issues to the religious test

Sen. John McCain, Steve Schmidt, Campaign manager, Political party, Religious party, Bloggers

The racial overtones of being punished for sagging one’s pants

Sagging pants, Racism, Low-cut bell bottoms