by Ty Davison | Apr 22, 2009 | News & Commentary
…the GOP and the right-wing Christianists have endorsed the methods of the Nazis, the Communist Chinese, and the Stalin-era Soviet Union. That there is some bedfellows, and it tells the rest of us all we need to know when it comes time to vote.
by Ty Davison | Apr 20, 2009 | News & Commentary
After years of lies, it is now incontrovertible that the US employed torture in it’s so-called “war on terror.” I am stunned that there would be defenders of this coverup, and I am frankly appalled that many who I otherwise respect are so...
by Ty Davison | Apr 17, 2009 | News & Commentary
Although you can argue about the overall justice of the verdicts, the Nuremberg Nazi trials established this legal principle for Western Civilization: “The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from...
by Ty Davison | Apr 3, 2009 | News & Commentary
The University of Portland’s newspaper, The Beacon, published an article last week about the death of a student at the school. Their choice of headlines: “Suicide claims UP senior” got the newspaper pulled by university administrators. By all...
by Ty Davison | Mar 23, 2009 | Essays
I find that I’ve grown increasing intolerant of fundamentalist religion. I simply have no time for people (*cough* -Mike Huckabee- *cough*) who turn off their brains to the reality of the world. This realization about myself has been disturbing on several...
