Late last Friday, we learned that Obama's Department of Justice plans to go easy on John Yoo and Jay Bybee -- the two assistant attorney generals under Bush who penned the infamous torture memos.
For those who have been working long and hard in the accountability movement to make sure no one -- not even presidents or their top advisors -- is above the law, this was a serious setback.



With little surprise, I learned of the recent refusal of Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon...
After 18 months of screaming headlines and attacks vilifying the anti-poverty group ACORN--attacks reminiscent of a...






























