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Wall Slammed Senate (yes, it is a reference to torture)

March 4, 2010
By Jin Woo

The Senate is broken. Things have gotten so bad now that Obama will force through the current health care bill under an obscure parliamentary process called “Reconciliation.” (I never knew such an amazing thing existed) It’s something Howard Dean advocated a couple months ago and it got all the Democrats to laugh...
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Jon Stewart and Cliff May on Torture

April 30, 2009
By Jin Woo

John Stewart and Cliff May duke it out on the torture issue. I got to say, whatever your position may be on the issue, this is the best conversation about torture I’ve ever heard. Here’s the link: http://blog.indecisionforever.com/2009/04/29/jon-stewarts-extended-interview-with-cliff-may/ Great stuff, seriously! Even May says himself, “Literally, this is the best conversation I have had on...
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History of Water Boarding

April 28, 2009
By Jin Woo

Contrary to public belief, water boarding is not a “new” method of “enhanced interrogation” but is actually a torture practice dating back to the 14th century.
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Niall Ferguson on the Economy

April 21, 2009
By Jin Woo

So recently I attended an event where eminent Harvard historian, Niall Ferguson, and senior fellow at Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, Jeff Madrick, spoke about the current economic crisis.
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Our All Too Human Selves

April 24, 2008
By Jin Woo

The belief of contemporary man of seeing himself as an infinitely progressing being that has no mortal limitations to confine himself to is at the root of modern humanity?s oncoming extinction.
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