Articles from February 2008
The Case for Waterboarding Not nice, but not torture
On October 18th, 2007, during day two of Michael Mukasey’s Senate confirmation hearing, the prospective Attorney General refused to label waterboarding as torture. Although he was criticized heavily by the media, Mukasey hesitated to allow public opinion to guide his conscience. On January 30th, 2008, now-Attorney General Mukasey continued to deliberate on whether or not [...]
Hanging Up Racism Last year, as a group of black students were put on a very public trial in a case known as the Jena Six, we saw a reemergence of the often sugar-coated race debate. For those of us who do not come from towns where there is a high amount of racial tension, we have no [...]
Against Waterboarding A question of values
In some sort of magical trick involving water, bad guys, and heroes, terrorists are thwarted and disasters are averted. The CIA itself purportedly waterboarded top Al-Qaeda suspects after the 9/11 attacks. What exactly, then, happens in a waterboarding session? The details are somewhat murky – skewed by media and word of mouth – but general [...]
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Torturing Over Sex Lives
Virginity is not "failure"
by Christina Cozzetto
Where did ROTC go? Don’t ask, don’t tell
by Andrew Kurtzman
The Case for Waterboarding
Not nice, but not torture
by Anish Mitra
Hanging Up Racism
by Joshua Unseth
Against Waterboarding
A question of values
by Gregory Halenda
Originalism
The growing problem with our judiciary system
by The Brown Spectator
Race and Obama
Pitching a campaign to the masses
by Kristina Kelleher





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