Op-Ed

Cuba, North Korea and the first amendment have pushed the torture report away from the news.

You seem on the verge of leaving the Senate without letting your fellow Americans know all they need to know about CIA torture.

Repeal the Stupid Second Amendment. Surround it, grab it, bring it in the back room, pull down the shades, and end it.

The ultimate conclusion we can draw from this “bipartisan” process is that there is no sense of national interest, and damn little sense of community, in the American political …

Seattle Times runs front page profile of Garfield High School Black Student Union's leadership in the Black Lives Matter movement: “We are fighting for our lives.”

How clearly this recalls the tragedy of September 11th 2001, which similarly provided an opportunity for a giant offensive against everyone and anyone opposing the expansion of Pentagon-State Department-One …

The truth is very painful, but living in and with the truth is the only way to keep our self-respect.

The experiences of other wealthy nations show we can do this by expanding and improving Medicare to everyone.

We need to reestablish that foundational, incontrovertible moral certainty we once had about torture.

A UN panel's call to prosecute lawyers who cleared US torture program is a good start.