Bush’s torture policy hurts our soldiers

by | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed

GIG HARBOR, WASH.—Taking care of the troops under his command is an officer’s sacred duty. That duty applies exponentially to a commander-in-chief. Yet the present commander-in-chief, George W. Bush, has further jeopardized the troops he sent to Iraq and...
In ’08: Reject torture—and redeem America’s soul

In ’08: Reject torture—and redeem America’s soul

by | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed

2008 Candidates have an opportunity to face down barbaric tactics in interrogation GIG HARBOR, WASH.—Finally! Americans have an opportunity to face down a monster—the ignominy of using barbaric torture tactics in the name of national security—let loose upon us by the...

OF HYPOCRITES, “MORALIZERS,” AND FRANK RICH

by | Mar 18, 2020 | Excerpt

I. A hypocrite comes clean, sort of. Frank Rich, in his recent column “Everybody Hates Don Imus,” performs the useful and unusual public service of unmasking himself as a hypocrite. As a repeat guest and longtime listener of the shockingly hateful...
In ’08: Reject torture—and redeem America’s soul

Wrong Way to Judge a Candidate

by | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed

We need leadership, not ‘likemanship.’ GIG HARBOR, WASH.— With Election Day 2008 more than a year-and-a-half off, already the presidential campaign is—sigh—energetically under way. And already—groan—we hear the media discuss it as a popularity contest. As...

BACK TO “CASABLANCA”

by | Mar 18, 2020 | Excerpt

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in the world, she walks into his—again—this time alone. Why? We are in Rick’s Café Americain, in Casablanca. It’s after hours. Rick sits at a table, totaling receipts. Ilsa enters, wearing white. Sam, polishing the...