Because you need some of both to handle the present reality without losing your mind. First, the funny, from Mike Gerber and Jonathan Schwarz. Now, the serious, from Arthur Silber.

Torture Cover-up: Abu Ghraib Sgt. says ‘bad apples’ were under orders

Washington’s $8 Billion Shadow: Corporate Warfare

Ministers of War: The crazy things they tell people

American Renditioned to Ethiopia: Go back to your TV show

Support the Troops in War!: Betray them when it’s over

It's always amusing to hear true-blue Democrats explain how their leaders don't really mean what they say and do. Oh, don't you know that Charlie Rangel really isn't for conscription – he's just pulling a fast one on the Republicans. Don't you know anything about...

Both from IOZ. On Christopher Hitchens: [I]t's always been the genius of Hitchens to set himself up in amorphous opposition to a perfectly rational, unremarkable belief, which he usually states with the clarity and concision of a wise advocate before tightening his...

Gates Attempts to Close Gitmo: Gonzales, Cheney object, thwart him

Government Without Law: Just torture and impunity