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Entries by Kenneth C. Davis from 05/2009

America's Willing Torturers

| Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics
Read More: Lincoln, Waterboarding, American History, Torture, My Lai, Philip Zimbardo, Holocaust, Abu Ghraib, Politics News

We stand justified in asking our leaders to hold America to a higher standard -- to probe the decisions and decision-makers who led us to that darkened cell with its waterboards and bug boxes.

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GOP - DOA?

| Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics
Read More: Kenneth C. Davis, Arlen Specter, Gop, Republican Party, Democrats, American History, Grand Old Party, Politics News

Personalities and issues -- or the lack thereof -- make and break political parties.

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Libraries Are America's Lifelines. Leave Them Alone

| Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics
Read More: Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, Books, Libraries, Information Age, Public Libraries, Politics News

New York City's public library systems are once again under siege, on the chopping block, threatened with draconian cuts in the face of New York City's Great Recession.

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Memorial Day: A History

| Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics
Read More: Dover Air Force Base, Memorial Day, American History, Mother's Day, Abraham Lincoln, Julia Ward Howe, Civil War, Pacifism, Peace, Politics News

'Why don't the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters, to prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone bear and know the cost?'

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Three Uneasy Questions About Torture

| Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics
Read More: Otto Kerner Jr., CIA Torture, Bush Administration, Barack Obama, Truth Commission, Obama Guantanamo, Closing Guantanamo, Politics News

What happened? Why did it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again and again?

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