Bush: "We don't torture" -- The Facts: . . . all that much
Pretty pathetic, not to mention shameful.Posted on July 3, 2008 7:37 AM • 50 Comments •
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Human rights:
Our pastures of plenty are hot and dirty
America's shame persists.Posted on June 22, 2008 3:12 PM • 29 Comments •
Pandemic flu "lockdown" nonsense
Coping with pandemic flu with computer modelsPosted on March 12, 2008 12:09 AM • 28 Comments •
Water and reckless irresponsibility in Iraq
Cheney's company again. When will this nightmare end?Posted on March 10, 2008 7:01 AM • 22 Comments •
When the subject is history are the research subjects human subjects?
Assuring human subjects protection in the humanities?Posted on February 11, 2008 3:57 PM • 13 Comments •
Afghanistan: back where it started
Our Taliban are still Taliban. Should we care?Posted on February 4, 2008 4:57 PM • 55 Comments •
Medical education and the military
Medical school may be torture but torture isn't part of medical educationPosted on November 2, 2007 3:56 PM • 30 Comments •
The gift of cholera
Spreading cholera, one country at a time, the old fashioned way: through war.Posted on October 8, 2007 7:59 AM • 6 Comments •
Labor Day, 2007, Part I: Deportees
Just illegals.Posted on September 3, 2007 7:28 AM • 2 Comments •
Slave labor building US Embassy in Iraq?
Shame piled upon shame.Posted on July 30, 2007 7:09 AM • 5 Comments •
Tripoli 6: Free at last
The last chapter in a long and unhappy story.Posted on July 24, 2007 9:42 AM • 17 Comments •
Tripoli 6: not done yet
Life sentences for the Tripoli 6 but not the last word. We hope.Posted on July 18, 2007 2:35 PM • 8 Comments •
Tripoli 6: current status
Still waiting for the last act.Posted on July 17, 2007 5:48 PM • 7 Comments •
Final act in Tripoli 6 drama being played out
Death sentence affirmed by Supreme Court; sentence commutation or pardons now possible.Posted on July 11, 2007 7:59 AM • 6 Comments •
Tripoli 6: turning the pages in the final chapter?
Still some way to go. But there is movement.Posted on June 20, 2007 3:25 PM • 12 Comments •
Running the last lap for the Tripoli 6
Crunch time.Posted on April 10, 2007 4:03 PM • 9 Comments •
Those Three are on Our Minds
Martin Luther King Day, 2007Posted on January 15, 2007 12:50 PM • 1 Comments •
Revenge killings
Iraqi civilians, the Tripoli 6 and Saddam Hussein.Posted on January 2, 2007 5:29 PM • 37 Comments •
US citizen charged as torturer
Committing torture abroad is a federal offense. Surprised?Posted on December 20, 2006 5:14 PM • 1 Comments •
Death sentence in Tripoli 6 trial
Six health care workers sentenced to death by firing squad in Libya.Posted on December 19, 2006 9:20 AM • 25 Comments •
Awaiting the verdict in the Tripoli 6 case: signs not hopeful
Libyan press says defendants are guilty.Posted on December 16, 2006 5:54 PM • 10 Comments •
The US State Dept. answers a question about the Tripoli 6
The US State Department is clueless about the Tripoli 6.Posted on December 7, 2006 5:35 PM • 5 Comments •
The Tripoli 6 and new scientific evidence: urgent call to the science blogosphere
Important new scientific evidence confirms innocence of Tripoli 6Posted on December 6, 2006 1:00 PM • 9 Comments •
Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: the spanking new WalMart
WalMart's homosexual agenda on sale nowPosted on November 26, 2006 7:46 AM • 21 Comments •
Strangling the Palestinian medical system
Death by denial of medical care.Posted on November 18, 2006 7:59 AM • 14 Comments •
Tripoli 6 trial ends
Scientific evidence is not heard. Verdict to be handed down on December 19.Posted on November 8, 2006 5:43 PM • 4 Comments •
Tripoli 6 trial: 114 Nobel Laureates speak up
Tripoli 6 trial to resume on November 4. No verdict yet.Posted on November 2, 2006 6:10 PM • 4 Comments •
Top US scientists weigh in on Tripoli 6 campaign
44 top scientists send letter protesting the threatened execution of six health workers in Libya.Posted on October 25, 2006 7:57 AM • 1 Comments •
UN Declaration of Human Rights in audiobook form
The UN Declaration of Human Rights in 21 languages. Is Libya listening?Posted on October 25, 2006 7:55 AM • 1 Comments •
Dear Leader signs torture bill, habeas corpus screams in pain
It's official.Posted on October 17, 2006 5:41 PM • 12 Comments •
Tripoli Six campaign's new and perilous phase (with Addendum)
A death sentence looms as the trial is slated to resume. Urgent need to bring more pressure.Posted on October 14, 2006 1:32 PM • 4 Comments •
The Bellagio Principles regarding planning for an influenza pandemic
A pandemic will fall heaviest on the poor. What is to be done to plan for this?Posted on September 30, 2006 7:23 AM • 10 Comments •
Tripoli Six, brief update
Update on the campaign for justice for the five nurses and one doctor facing death sentences in Libya.Posted on September 29, 2006 7:03 AM • 0 Comments •
Tripoli Six and the blogosphere
Full length documentary on the Tripoli six is made free via streaming video.Posted on September 25, 2006 6:26 PM • 0 Comments •
Update on "The Tripoli Six" campaign
The word is spreading.Posted on September 24, 2006 7:54 AM • 9 Comments •
"The Tripoli Six" campaign
Concrete steps to save our medical colleagues on trial for their lives in Libya.Posted on September 22, 2006 7:17 AM • 16 Comments •
Saving the lives of six of our colleagues (The Tripoli Six)
Five nurses and a doctor on trial for their lives in Libya. The scientific community needs to weigh in.Posted on September 20, 2006 10:10 PM • 9 Comments •
