online archive
6:00PM
JAN 16 2008
The erosion of American values and reputation
From The Atlantic Monthly, Andrew Sullivan on the erosion of American values and reputation by the detentions at Guantanamo Bay (and a slideshow). American barbarity: How do you justify the unspeakable? Simply invoke the threat of terrorism. The third branch of American government: More on Jack Goldsmith's The Terror Presidency. A review of Invitation to Terror: The Expanding Empire of the Unknown by Frank Furedi. Kevin Drum reviews Fred Kaplan's Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power. Madeleine K. Albright on ten rules for the next president. Cruel to be kind: Why Washington should not reach out to Muslim moderates.
