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by Sara Robinson Sunday's usually a slow blogging day here at Orcinus, so I thought I'd take a break from the usual topics and hold ...

by Sara Robinson I've often said that: a) everything you need to take down a Republican leader will usually be found in the dirtpile in...

[Michael Shea with interview subjects in Arkansas.] I had lunch the other day with Michael Shea, the independent filmmaker whose first solo ...

Keith Olbermann weighs in on the callously irresponsible New York Post report about the letter Olbermann received at his home containing f...

Turns out the Republicans pushing this bill aren't too clear on the answer to this question, either. Over at Salon , Mark Benjamin and W...

While Congress rushes to pass the torture bill, it's worth remembering just who gets to decide who is an enemy combatant: Here's wh...

I decided that the best way to explain this was in a movie. Hope you enjoy. [WARNING: Contains disturbing images.]

Oliver Willis notes that Keith Olbermann was the victim of an anthrax-style hoax this week: The acerbic host of "Countdown with Keith ...

[Some excerpts from Red State , courtesy of Jesus' General .] So, just after the 2004 election, I had this great idea for doing somethin...

You just needed not to be in denial about the true costs of the right wing's so-called "leadership." -- Sara

by Sara Robinson (If you think you've seen this before, you have: I had this up briefly as a comment, but decided to expand on it, and m...

by Sara Robinson Well, Bill Clinton finally did what we've been waiting six long years for a Democrat (..any Democrat...) to do -- opene...

Digby posted this as a superb example of the way the torture issue can and should be framed: Thanks to Tristero and Atrios, too. Regardin...

I've been hearing a lot of talk that the recent capitulation on American torture policy has demoralized many in the Democratic rank and...

And they'll listen and respond, too. Especially when they realize, up close and personal, that they're getting the short end of the...

Gee, now here's a surprise : The war in Iraq has become a primary recruitment vehicle for violent Islamic extremists, motivating a new g...

Much is being said about Democrats' abysmal failure in stopping the White House's plans to proceed with torturing people suspected o...

[George W. Bush greets staff and management from the Washington Times at the White House in January 2005. Francis Coombs is at his immediate...

by Sara Robinson Onnesha Roychoudhuri's remarkable Tracking The Torture Taxi at Truthdig is the kind of reporting that, in better year...