Am I a Torturer?

The first time Ben saw a detainee get beaten, he took the lead interrogator aside afterward to ask, "Was this stuff really allowed? Didn't it violate the Geneva Conventions?" "These aren't pows; they're detainees," he was told. "Those rules are antiquated and don't apply. You can't get any information without breaking that stuff."

Bush: Americans ‘Ought To Say Thank You’ To Telecoms

Bush is implying that Americans who oppose telecom immunity are unpatriotic. But the American people don’t owe the telecoms any gratitude. These corporations chose to break the law and profited greatly from doing so.

The Anatomy of a Distaster; The Clinton Campaign

How did the Clinton campaign get here? Just a few months ago, few imagined she'd be struggling to catch up to Obama

Staples profit near flat; outlook lowered (Reuters)

Reuters - Staples Inc , the No. 1 office
supply retailer, on Tuesday posted a flat quarterly profit and
cut its full-year outlook, citing a weak economic climate.

10 Tips: How to score big at yard sales

With a little bit of advance planning, you can greatly improve your experience at garage sales and save serious cash on all sorts of purchases, both big and small.

Deal May Protect New Home Buyers

The N.Y. Attorney General has reached an agreement with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac.

10 Tips: Dating services help

Consumer complaints about dating services has jumped 73 percent. If you’re using a dating service, these tips can help you avoid feeling heartbroken because you spent too much.

Obama cabinet would include Chuck Hagel as SecDef

Obama is hoping to appoint cross-party figures to his cabinet such as Chuck Hagel, the Republican senator for Nebraska and an opponent of the Iraq war, and Richard Lugar, leader of the Republicans on the Senate foreign relations committee.

Economy - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The mortgage crisis and overall credit crunch will likely cut GDP growth by 1.3 percentage points in the next year, according to a study by several top economists at a Univ. of Chicago forum. Banks are expected to tighten credit further as home loan losses swell to $400 bil -- $250 bil more than previously seen. The report urged banks to cut dividends to preserve capital. Presenters included Jan Hatzius of Goldman Sachs, Anil Kashyap of the Chicago Fed and Hyun Song Shin of Princeton Univ.

Obama wins on civil liberties

NY Times editorial says our privacy rights not as big a priority for Clinton

Israel Minister Warns Palestinians of "Holocaust"

Israeli Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai said on Friday the Palestinians would bring on themselves what he termed a bigger holocaust by stepping up rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza.

Answer Desk: A hostile takeover playbook

If Microsoft has the cash to buy rival Yahoo, why can’t it just call up a stock broker and? buy? all of Yahoo's stock? The Answer Desk, by msnbc.com's John W. Schoen.

Bill Clinton on "the person who wants you to hope"

In 2004, Bill Clinton described "one of Clinton's laws of politics": "If one candidate's trying to scare you, and the other one's trying to get you to think; if one candidate's appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes; you'd better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."

McCain's Lobbyist's Plane Flew Saudis Out of US After 9/11

Small world, isn't it. And this is the first article I've read that lets me know that Paxon Communications is a Christian broadcaster?