“Law and Order” this evening ran an episode in which a John Yoo-like torture lawyer is prosecuted for his crimes. The show takes up only the few minutes in between all the commercials, but it nails the basic points well. A local prosecutor finds the nerve and the jurisdiction to act. In reality, this has not happened, of course. But it could, quite easily, for torture, for spying, and for much worse. Even in the realm of fictional prosecutors, no show has yet taken up the Vince read more

By Leslie Harris, After Downing Street

The recent uproar over the blatant hypocrisy of the Arlington (TX) School District’s decision not to show President Obama’s address to school children (which would have cost the district nothing), while at the same time preparing to bus (at taxpayers’ expense) about 500 students to the gargantuan, shiny new Texas Stadium to hear former President George W. Bush speak, was mitigated when the district’s embattled superintendent apologized read more