by Erik Kain on January 2, 2012
The National Defense Authorization Act greatly expands the power and scope of the federal government to fight the War on Terror, including codifying into law the indefinite detention of terrorism suspects without trial. Under the new law the US military has the power to carry out domestic anti-terrorism operations on US soil. “The fact that [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 24, 2011
Jon Huntsman’s vision for a new American military would be good for America and the world, but takes on many sacred cows in the political establishment. It’s become increasingly clear to me what a shame it is that the Republican Party is so in thrall to its far-right fringe. If they weren’t, former Utah governor [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 2, 2011
I honestly can’t think of a single Dr. Seuss movie since the classic animated Grinch era that’s been any good at all. I’m a pretty big Dr. Seuss fan, too. But I could only stomach a few minutes of the truly awful Cat in the Hat adaptations. And now we get The Lorax, one of [...]
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