Torture and religious politics

Recently, the first of the memorandums on interrogation techniques were released. They make difficult reading. In fact, in language that is every bit the equal of the clinical language found in files from both the old Soviet Union and the WWII German archives, they describe in detail the painful techniques used to break a person down. No, not simply psychological techniques, but techniques that are... [Read more]

Surgery postponed

Well, unexpectedly, the anesthesiologist postponed my surgery late yesterday. He said he did not like the way that my EKG looked, so I have to go to a cardiologist on Wednesday. Will keep you updated.  Read More →