Racism, Crime, and The Prison System

"The problems of crime in America are complex, combining social, economic, moral. and political factors. And no one factor should be indicated without placing due emphasis on the others."

America marks A first in Iraq: Female torturers and Army doctors...

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"We civilians can only wonder at this and question what happens when an army -- in this case the American army, entrusted to protect its nation -- becomes an agent of torture."

The Clash Thesis: A Failing Ideology?

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"The Clash thesis and the associated war on terrorism carry little or no credibility outside the United States. This was first demonstrated in massive world wide protests against the planned US invasion of Iraq. Outside of the United States and Israel, the overwhelming majority of world opinion regarded this war to be illegal and immoral."

Rice couches questionable appeal for dialogue with Muslim world in jargon...

"Rice is also seemingly oblivious to the truth that there is a US religious extremism that is very threatening to the Muslim world, and so this is perhaps where the dialogue, if there is to be one, should begin."

A Book Worth Reading

"The ideologues are the lobbyists who wield power. Their power is derived from their use of their members' money and votes, and from their ability to exploit their members' real and imagined fears. These lobbyists play politics as a "zero sum" game. For them, not only is losing anathema, compromise is as well."