A few days ago I had a column published in my hometown newspaper to mark Human Rights Day. I make the argument that restoring respect for human rights in ths US in the best way to support the efforts of human rights activists abroad. You can access the article here.
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oh man…the Chronicle’s not online yet???
congrats though!
oh, and regarding what you actually wrote, I couldn’t be more with you on that. the fact that we torture undermines us in a million different ways we haven’t even felt the ramifications of yet. here’s some good news, if you forget that Bush has promised to veto this:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/13/house-passes-ban-on-waterboarding/