Torture is a contradiction of our historical national values. In addition, we undermine our national security and are in violation of our own laws when we allow it. Informants will not come forward if they cannot trust us not to treat them fairly under international law. We do not get accurate information with torture – ample historical precedent teaches us that those who are tortured will say anything to make it stop. After a couple of years of imprisonment, what…
Review of the New Pearl Harbor by prominent theologican Dr. Rosemary Radford Ruether Dr. David Ray Griffin, a process theologian from the Claremont School of Theology argues the case for our government’s complicity in the events of 9/11 in The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11 Dr Ruether, one of the most widely-read theologicans in the world is the author of the classic work Sexism and God-Talk (worth a good read, by the way –…
It is a profoundly patriotic film. Its message is, in one way, very simple. For those of you on the “religious” right, you should understand: It’s all about the money, a lot more than the customary 30 pieces of silver.