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Why Torture Persists
February 2 2008 Recently, several countries, including the United States and Israel, expressed shock and outrage when their names appeared in a Canadian report that listed countries that practice torture. What followed were the usual rationalizations about what "torture"......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-02 14:05:09 | Rating:

| Views: 102 | Comments: 2 | Tags: torture world pain

Westerns
February 4 2008 I suppose I'm really dating myself by admiting that I can remember western movies and TV shows. If there's one movie genre that Americans can legitimately claim to have invented, it's the western. While these "dusters" or "oaters" once......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-04 17:30:42 | Rating:

| Views: 95 | Comments: 0 | Tags: western movie sixgun

The Dream Candidate
February 6 2008 So far, all media coverage of the American presidential race has focused on the Democratic and Republican primaries. One independent candidate has been unjustly ignored. Her name is Hillary Obama-McCain and she is something of a dream candidate because she is female, black......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-06 14:53:54 | Rating:

| Views: 97 | Comments: 0 | Tags: candidate

The Good Bad Guy
February 8 2008 In the early days of American movies, the split between screen heroes and villains was clear. Heroes were played by handsome actors like Gary Cooper or Douglas Fairbanks who were shown as always noble and sincere. Villains were dark and shifty looking guys who strangled......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-08 12:03:54 | Rating:

| Views: 104 | Comments: 0 | Tags: hero villain

The Femme Fatale
February 9 2008 In an earlier post, I wrote about how the cardboard heroes of the silent movie era gradually evolved into the anti-heroes (or "good bad guys") seen in later films. Well, the depiction of women in the cinema changed too over the years, but in a different way.......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-09 15:51:12 | Rating:

| Views: 96 | Comments: 0 | Tags: femme fatale movie

Can America Recover?
February 12 2008 All of the media coverage of the current American political primaries is focused on the candidates, but it ignores a larger question. Will just a change in government be enough to allow America to recover from its present malaise or are we seeing the twilight of the United......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-12 14:19:50 | Rating:

| Views: 116 | Comments: 3 | Tags: America future world

Just Some Photos
February 14 2008 I have no jokes or brilliant insights to offer for today, so I'll just post some miscelaneous photos that I hope you'll find are interesting. George P.S. For some free fiction, visit my website at: www.checkmatefiction.com ...Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-14 15:54:12 | Rating:

| Views: 84 | Comments: 0 | Tags: phtos

How Far Will The Right Go?
February 15 2008 This November's election may prove to be democracy's last stand in the United States. One more round of pregnant chads and bad smelling state vote counts might be enough to plunge America into the dark night of fascism for some time to come. So far, both......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-15 17:49:06 | Rating:

| Views: 93 | Comments: 1 | Tags: election assassination right

Hickory Dickory
February 17 2008 I guess almost everyone has heard that old nursery rhyme that goes something like this: Hickory dickory dock The mouse ran up the clock The clock struck One The mouse ran down Et cetera Well, suppose we gave that rhyme to three famous writers, such as......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-17 10:58:55 | Rating:

| Views: 129 | Comments: 1 | Tags: nusery rhyme writers

Credit When It's Due
February 18 2008 In past posts, I've been critical of the United States about a number of issues. I hope that I've been fair on those occasions, but I also believe that Americans deserve praise when they do the right thing. I'm referring to the Pepfar Program that has been......Read More