Just another Canadian murder case?
Andy McCarthy: Moussaoui Conviction Upheld – The Corner
January 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction and sentence of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. Enthusiasts of the law-enforcement approach to terrorism will undoubtedly claim this development as more evidence that their strategy works. To the contrary, I have argued several times see, e.g., here and here that we dodged a bullet [...]
Democracy Now!: the Sound of One Hand Clapping
December 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Democracy Now!’s habit of conveniently leaving out key elements of a story, which would, if included, either completely alter or negate entirely the point the network is trying to make is what makes their news program simultaneously amusing and pathetic.
Let’s take as an example a piece that Democracy Now!’s host Amy Goodman—Comrade No. 1 on [...]
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David M. Phillips: The Illegal-Settlements Myth, Commentary
December 2, 2009 By 4 Comments
The conviction that Jewish settlements in the West Bank are illegal is now so commonly accepted, it hardly seems as though the matter is even open for discussion. But it is. Decades of argument about the issue have obscured the complex nature of the specific legal question about which a supposedly overwhelming verdict of guilty [...]
