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The weekend roundup: habeas schmabeas
Last Friday, hot on the heels of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling that Guantanamo Bay detainees have the right to challenge their imprisonment in the US Court System, Sen. John McCain called it “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.”
Really, John? Was that hyperbole, like when your mom orders the Monte [...]
American mortality
I hadn’t seen my aging grandfather in over four years. Two weeks ago, it turned out he was waiting for my return to die, passing into the Illinois night in a quiet, debilitated fashion that belied every minute of his happy-go-lucky existence.
He said good-bye to us one week before his 92nd birthday and one [...]
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