Mass Torture in America

Mass Torture in America And how to stop it By Lance Tapley An address given at the National Lawyers Guild 70th Anniversary Convention in Washington, D.C. on October 31, 2007. Some prisoners howl in constant agony. On Halloween, I have a true ghost story to tell: the story of 50,000 ghosts in America, the largely…
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Torture’s Political Invisibility

by John Buell August 19, 2008 the Bangor Daily News That U.S. military personnel — and their superiors — supported the torture of enemy combatants elicits disturbingly little outrage among most voters. Human beings seldom torture those they regard as like themselves. Humans need and crave community, but throughout history narrow definitions of community and…
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Real George

The Real Saint

Tradition has is that George was born in about 280 AD in Turkey (Cappadocia). A Roman Army Officer, some suggest that he had Christian parents, others that he converted to Christianity after sheltering a Christian.