Dick Cheney , who died in November, was by far the most powerful U.S. Vice President in history, and not coincidentally, was one of the Amer...

Dahlia Lithwick, who's written great pieces on the Supreme Court and legal matters for a long time, has penned a thoughtful, sobering pi...

Digby's recently covered The New York Times ' decision to call torture torture , Marcy Wheeler's summary of the issue, and poss...

Obviously, this long-delayed (and lengthy) post contains spoilers (to the degree that they're possible for a film where the climax's...