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On Torture and American Values - The New York Times published this excellent editorial a few days ago.
Once upon a time, it was the United States that urged all nations to obey the letter and the spirit of international treaties and protect human rights and liberties. American leaders denounced secret prisons where people were held without charges, tortured and killed. And the people in much of the world, if not their governments, respected the United States for its values.
Senator Ted Kennedy wrote an editorial for Salon yesterday about the same topic.
Ayaan Hirshi Ali on Colbert Report - A Somalian immigrant to The Netherlands, Ayaan became a member of the Dutch parliament. Her criticism of fundamentalist Islam has led to death threats. She is currently a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
The Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics - Previously, the only blog on the list I read was Carl Bildt, the current Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister of Sweden. I can’t think of a modern politician I like more than Bildt. His blog is interesting because it is really a typical blog, a running conversation (in Swedish) of his thoughts on just about everything.
links & politics posted by: dan @ 11 Oct 2007 0:20 | Comments (0)