Rerum Novarum

Today in History: (Posted For Future Reference) Today is the Biden/Harris inauguration. Gas is currently $1.95 per gallon. Interest rates a...

Miscellaneous Musings on Defining "Normalcy": This was posted to social media yesterday and reposted here except for some materi...

Briefly on the Problem With An Emeritus Pope Benedict Statement on "Torture": [Disclaimer: This is something that was prepped i...

Cheney: Obama Team Should Be Debriefing CIA Interrogators, Not Investigating Them It should not take even the assistant of the assistant of ...

On the Predictions of "Joestradamus" and Current Geopolitical Realities: I want to start by reminding those who may have forgotten...

The Gitmo Myth and the Torture Canard This thread deals somewhat systematically with a lot of the garbage commonly paraded about by those wh...

Panetta to CIA employees: We told Pelosi the truth The whole article has to be read and for those who want to know where I stand on the matt...

On the Subject of CIA Interrogation of Terrorist Suspects In Light of Recent Events: (Musings of your humble servant at Rerum Novarum ) ...

Miscellaneous Musings: To touch briefly on a few subjects... --I must admit I am surprised and very pleasantly so that the Seattle Marin...

"War On Terror" Rebranded As "Overseas Contingency Operations" (Telegraph/UK) Though it is not something I have spoken o...

Points to Ponder: (On Waterboarding and Distinctions With a Difference) [Prefatory Note: I decided for the sake of not making the origina...

Clarification of a Previous Posting In Lieu of a Recent Posting:   Though I posted a finalized version of a long talked about posting recent...

Points to Ponder: (For Preserving the Historical Record on Iraq) I don't normally include action items in posts, but in this case I'...

Heaven help us! PM panic over country's defences (in 1978) Of course Britain got Margaret Thatcher as PM not long after that. Let us hop...

Camille Paglia on various issues (Salon Magazine) Though she and I often disagree, I have often found Camille Paglia to be an interesting an...

Qaeda wants Republicans, Bush "humiliated": Web video This is an interesting tidbit to pop up here courtesy of the ever-resourcefu...

Points to Ponder: (On Logic and Political Priorities) Let me see if I got this straight. Obama/Biden need preconditions to talk to US news a...

"Down on the Corner" Dept. (A Rerum Novarum Four Thread NRO Commentary) A few musings on these threads from recent days... Did W ...

Another Thread on the Upcoming Election: This is a continuation of sorts from a series of previous threads viewable in a footnote below.{1} ...