by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 2, 2015 | Opinion
The mixed reaction to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA interrogation and detention programs is not surprising given the political polarization in our society. Much has been written about the political motivations influencing those supporting...
by Brian Kaylor | Dec 12, 2014 | News
Baptist leaders offered a variety of responses to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee’s long-awaited report on the U.S. use of torture during the George W. Bush administration. While the full 6,000-page report is classified, a 525-page summary was released on...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 1, 2012 | Opinion
In 2004, the American Red Cross charged the U.S. military with intentionally using psychological and physical coercion tantamount to torture at the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo (Gitmo). Prisoners there were: chained in uncomfortable positions for up to 24 hours and...
by James L. Evans | Jun 1, 2012 | Opinion
I love to tease my classically trained minister of music that if he does my memorial service, I want the Beatles song “Let It Be” to be used as the central anthem. I also regularly aggravate him by suggesting that the same song should be in our hymnal....
by Wendell Griffen | Nov 16, 2010 | Opinion
Here are two more indicators of depraved political leadership in the United States. President George W. Bush now says he authorized the “waterboarding” interrogation technique on suspected terrorism detainees. And the Justice Department’s special...
