Christians More Supportive of Torture than Non-Religious Americans
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that Americans, by a 59-31% margin, believe that CIA…
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Torture Denial: U.S. Flunks the Religious Acid Test
The U.S. has been publicly, globally, shamed in consequence of the gut-wrenching disclosures in the Torture…
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Fight to the ‘Death’ and Go ‘Hungry’ at Hunger Games Camp
Inmates at Guantanamo Bay are hunger striking in an attempt to make their suffering visible while children at a camp in Florida are using the fantasy of hunger as entertainment.
Read MoreWhy $60K and Torture Beats Changing Divorce Law
The holy work-around.
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Undercover-ed Religion: 13 Stories That Went Missing in 2012
An RD holiday sampler of stories & viewpoints we would have liked to read in 2012.
Does Romney’s Religion Condone Torture? [UPDATED]
The “Mormon Mafia” helped develop Bush-era tactics, and Romney could help bring them back.
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Bin Laden’s Death Does Not Prove that Torture Works
The assassination of Osama bin Laden has revived the so-called torture debate. Even if it did help in his capture (which it didn’t), torture is still wrong.
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Does the Inquisition Explain the Modern World?
A new book of popular history provides an exhaustive and detailed history of the brutal yet bureaucratic Inquisition, arguing that it helps explain what the world is today.
Read MoreRep. Pelosi, Can I Tweet You Some Lewd Photos?
Why are we loathe to punish the sins of government torturers yet so eager to punish the sins of the Weiners?
Read MoreBush’s New Book: “Damn Right I OK’d Torture”
What message do we send when we don’t prosecute torture?
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