A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else
Posted in Barack Obama on Jan 15th, 2009
Since the election I’ve been so excited by the general prospect of an intelligent, rational, reasonable, and progressive president that I haven’t spent much time thinking about the details of exactly what a Barack Obama presidency will mean. As his inauguration is now only five days away, here, in no particular order, are ten great […]
Posted in Civil Rights, Iraq War, Letters to the Editor on Jun 28th, 2008
The Colorado Springs Gazette published a letter from me today, which they titled, “It’s shameful that Lamborn cares so little for rule of law.” I wrote the letter in response to our national representative Doug Lamborn’s opinion piece in the paper on June 25 (which I unfortunately can’t seem to find online).
The Gazette cut out […]
Posted in Civil Rights, Iraq War on Jun 18th, 2008
“It’s basically subject to perception… If the detainee dies, you’re doing it wrong.”
– Jonathan Fredman, senior CIA attorney, October 2, 2002
I think the quote speaks for itself.