01.12.10

Talking Over Torture

Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Politics, war at 12:43 am by madcap

Conor Friedersdorf responds to Jonah Goldberg’s continuing attempts to frame the debate over water-boarding as a debate over semantics: Talking Over Torture | The American Scene

Goldberg is absolutely wrong to argue that there are no good responses to the ticking time bomb scenario. Perhaps he means that he chooses to pretend like nobody is making them. This makes sense, since the neocon crowd is quite adept at plugging their ears and yelling their mantras (not to mention running their own cable news networks) in order to drown out any opposing viewpoints. In fact, Friedersdorf’s analysis, as well as the comments of Mike Farmer’s above, provide two excellent responses to the ticking time bomb scenario.

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01.16.08

Jonah Goldberg: Author, Asshole

Posted in Books, Culture, Politics at 11:11 pm by madcap

So I saw Jonah Goldberg on the Daily Show tonight to promote his book, Liberal Fascism. Apparently the interview went so long that it had to be edited for time (as you can tell as you watch the interview). I was following Jonah for a little bit, but at a certain point I realize that he’s either completely nuts, or just an asshole (or perhaps a little from column ‘a’ and a little from column ‘b’).
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