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The economic case for health reform, Part II

By | 12.14.09 | 9:09 am

In June, the White House issued a report making the case that health reform — well beyond a moral and social imperative — is also vital to the economic health of the country. Today, administration officials were at it again.…

Mukasey’s Moral Ambiguity Fuels Torture

By | 11.08.07 | 10:30 am

As U.S. Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey plays dumb on what constitutes torture, the lessons of Lewis Welshofer Jr. grow fuzzier.

By now most Americans probably don’t remember Welshofer. Those of us who covered his trial for torturing to death