by James Heflin | Dec 12, 2008 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Don't know about you, but upon seeing the cover of this week's Hartford Advocate, I've decided to spend the rest of the afternoon kicking back with some Pepsi Clear and mini Ritz crackers to watch the X-Games and contemplate the extremes of the extreme...
by James Heflin | Dec 15, 2008 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Back in '91, Win Wenders' Until The End of the World posited a future technology to record dreams. Stunning, but it seems impossible–brain waves seem to indicate things that are way more general than a very specific image. How could the brain possibly...
by James Heflin | Dec 16, 2008 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Old battle, meet new battle. We've spent eight years having to oppose what should be unthinkable–a president lying us into war, American torture, domestic spying, the unitary executive, Vice President Evil, on and on. So we deserve a respite. But this may...
by James Heflin | Dec 17, 2008 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Never one to miss a party, Dick Cheney proudly proclaims that he aided torture, just after saying "we don't do torture":Did you authorize the tactics that were used against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? CHENEY: I was aware of the program, certainly, and...
by James Heflin | Dec 17, 2008 | Ten Gallon Liberal
From the summary and conclusions of the Senate Armed Services Committee report released last week, in case anybody was wondering if American torture came courtesy of "a few bad apples." What does one do about criminal actions like this? Al Qaeda and Taliban...
