Once the party of Lincoln, now the party of torture. So now we know the answer to my earlier question about why the Christian right isn't upset about atrocities at Abu Ghraib. It's because one of their leading legal minds, U.S. Air Force General Counsel Mary L. Walker, came up with the rationale for torture as well as the argument that the President is utterly above the law in his capacity… [Michael BŽrubŽ Online]

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i think this analysis says pretty much what i want to say.

Should 12-Year-Old Be Punished As An Adult?. by TChris The “get tough on crime” mentality of the last 25 years induced state legislatures to turn back the clock on hard-fought reforms in our juvenile justice system. Juvenile courts weren't tough enough, critics said, so legislatures began to… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

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no. there is no evil that a 12 year old could do that qualifies them as an adult.

Electronic art in Brazil. FILE, Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletr™nica (Electronic Language International Festival), will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from November 22nd to December 12th, 2004. Submissions are due June 15. FILE will consist of four simultaneous events: FILE FESTIVAL – An… [grandtextauto.org]

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a center for digital discourse and culture associate group will have their work shown at file, which is great! it is the 404 art group.

probably improves graduation rates too.