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Ashcroft Claims Waterboarding Isn't Torture Former Attorney General John Ashcroft told the House Judiciary Committee last week that waterboarding is not torture . Ashcroft also claims waterboarding is more effective than other interrogation techniques and has served a "very valuable" purpose. "I believe a report of waterboarding would be serious, but I do not believe it would define torture," Ashcroft...
Karl Rove Flees the Country, Skips Compelled Testimony Before Congress Karl Rove failed to appear under subpoena for his scheduled July 9 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee to discuss the Bush administration's role in the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006 and the prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman. Instead of appearing in front of the committee, Rove left the country....
Can you imagine any major politician saying this today-- even though it still rings true? ... Kennedy made a speech where he raised the issue of morality and the Vietnam War: “ Although the world’s imperfection may call forth the act of war, righteousness cannot obscure the agony and pain those acts bring to a single child. It is we who live in abundance and send our young men out to die. It is our...
In 1968, America was a wounded nation. The wounds were moral ones, and the Vietnam War and three summers of inner- city riots had inflicted them on the national soul, challenging Americans’ belief that they were a uniquely noble and honorable people. Americans saw news footage from South Vietnam, such as the 1965 film of U.S. Marines setting fire to thatched huts in the village of Cam Ne with cigarette...
Via the New York Times this morning: "columnist Steve Lopez, writing in The Los Angeles Times about Juan Romero, the busboy who knelt down to help Robert F. Kennedy after he was shot at the Ambassador Hotel." “People were six and seven deep,” Juan says, but he got close enough to stick out his hand. As Kennedy grabbed it, Juan heard a bang and felt a flash of heat against his face. Sirhan Sirhan, the...
If you are of a certain age, you will vividly recall where you were forty years ago when you learned that the unthinkable had happend -- another Kennedy brother had been shot. I was fifteen years old. The insistent ring of the telephone broke into my sleep in the early morning hours of June 6, 1968. It was my friend the [now] author and journalist Cathy Scott saying, "Kennedy's been shot." "No he...
Re: Robert F. Kennedy's Contested Legacy: [Robert F. Kennedy] lamented the loss of a higher purpose for America: “The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play,” he said. “It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the...
America marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Robert Kennedy this week. If you want a way to honor his legacy consider becoming a supporter of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial. Since its inception in 1968, The Robert F....
Bush Admits U.S. 'learning as we go' in Iraq, Afghanistan President Bush admitted during his commencement address at the Air Force Academy last week that...
Forty years ago today, Robert Francis Kennedy was gunned down shortly after midnight. His assassination was one of our nation’s darkest moments, but RFK’s legacy lives on and inspires Americans young and old to this day. Here’s a look at what some are saying about Robert F. Kennedy on this 40th anniversary of his tragic death [...]
His idealistic example lingers as an inspiration Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is still moved by the strangers who approach her to describe how her father, Robert F. Kennedy, inspired them. Notable Marylanders are pointing to his legacy of social justice, integrity and courage as an enduring inspiration for their lives and deeds.
On June 4, 1968, Kennedy scored a major victory when he won the California primary. He addressed his supporters in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in a ballroom at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He left the ballroom through a service area to greet supporters working in the hotel's kitchen. In a crowded kitchen passageway, Sirhan Sirhan , a 24-year-old Palestinian, opened fire with a .22...
