Advice Unasked

Perhaps one way to understand Manning is as a saint: someone who pursued a moral vision without regard to consequences.  Yes, he committed c...

And are doing more and more of it, for less and less.

“I don’t want to live in a world where there’s no privacy and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity.”—E. Snowden P...

(This is the one I finally posted in comments.) I think, in punishing Manning, the administration is punishing the messenger. Would we e...

(Another partial answer to Jim Wright on Bradley Manning . [Added] I didn't post this one there, either.) All the US service oaths I k...

(A partial answer to Jim Wright on Bradley Manning . [Added] I didn't post it there; my wife thought it was too inflammatory.) My impr...

(In response to a conservative claim that George Zimmerman is being "lynched" in the press.) To be lynched, someone has to die. ...