“Army commandos launched aggressive new search-and-destroy operations in the Swat Valley and several surrounding districts in the Taliban-plagued northwest Tuesday, Pakistani military officials said.
“On the fifth day of a major … [Keep reading >>]
An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Tom Paine
---"Dissertations on First Principles of Government," 1795
Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party, by Max Blumenthal.
