a crank’s progress

in our headlong rush to hand George W. Bush the keys to the Great American Torture Machine we do damage to our enemies, we do damage to the innocent, and just as importantly we do damage to ourselves. We will have inscribed upon ourselves the following: ‘

Republicans will run away from him like he’s a Army recruiter

my two senators –Cantwell and Murray — aren’t on the list. Good for them.

By its very nature, the edge of knowledge is at the same time the edge of ignorance. Many who have visited it have been cut and bloodied by the experience.”