As interviewed by The Talking Dog: Darrel Vandeveld is an attorney and former military officer, who, in civilian life is a prosecuting attorney in Erie, PA. In the military, he attained the rank of Lt. Col. in the Army Reserve, serving, among other places, in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa, as...

24 is a tv show, like many others where the cops bend the rules to get an edge on the criminals, purportedly because the bad guys are so devious and intelligent that they cannot be apprehended within the strictures of the laws. Yet in real life, the vast majority of criminals have demonstrated a pro...

“Israel’s right to defend itself” Where to get footage of Gaza” requests from film makers, activists, etc- free commons license, Al_jazeera’s Gaza Footage Gaza – The Blood-Soaked U.S.-Israeli “Ceasefireâ€� Israel promises troops legal backing over Gaza war JERUSALEM, Ja...

…. if I so much as watched the baby-swinging video. (Please don’t post any direct links to the material here.) In a statement, Queensland Police said the term “child-abuse material” even extended to clips in which a child “appears” to be a victim of cruelty. [...]...

In withdrawing his name from consideration as head of the CIA, John Brennan wrote: “The fact that I was not involved in the decisionmaking process for any of these controversial policies and actions has been ignored.” Isn’t this the same argument Adolf Eichmann made when he was on ...

Look, on 9-11, we were all scared. Not many Americans knew much about this deadly enemy. Our leaders, though, already knew more, right from the outset. In the first year after, every potential day of Americans gathering seemed a ripe opportunity for the second attack: Veteran’s Day. Post-Thank...

Jessica in London wrote a comment to this post. As with Doug, I’m going to respond in a post. Blogger Jessica said… Why does everyone insist on concentrating on Blackwater in this discussion? It’s one company. ONE company. The industry, and all that’s good and noble about it ...

Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai quits run-off Head of Movement for Democratic Change cites violence against supporters as main reason for boycott. Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s opposition leader, has announced that he will not take part in the run-off presidential election against Robert Mugabe, t...

For those who refuse to grok what Publius put so well at Obsidian Wings, without Habeas Corpus, you could dress anyone up in a false nose and throw them on the fire, even if you’re lying about being turned into a newt. . . It’s bad enough that we’ve got a bunch of Texas Torquemadas...

At least, Bush thinks we are. John McCain berates Obama for saying we need to speak with Iran. But letting China into our torture den? McCain digs it. That’s our Manchurian president leading the Manchurian sleeper cell that took over our nation and plans to keep it....