A few comments on the state of the world

Three nice editorials from the week just passed:

First, a New York Times must-do list enumerating the "things that need to be done to reverse the unwise and lawless policies of [the Bush administration]". It mainly focuses on calling for changes to the Military Commissions Act, that odious piece of legislation that undermines the American tradition of law and justice. Sadly, I suspect that the Democratic Party still lacks the spine and the political capital to enact any of the changes described in this editorial.

Along the same lines, the LA Times has a piece by Khaled El-Masri, the German citizen mistakenly detained by the U.S., asking why he is being treated as a state secret, even though his case has already been thoroughly discuseed in the press. In asking for a formal apology for his detention, El-Masri asks this pointed question:

Isn't it more likely that showing the world that America cannot give justice to an innocent victim of its anti-terror policies will cause harm to America's image and security around the world?

Finally, on the home front, Ben Stein (of all people) has an editorial in The American Spectator (of all publications) describing the economic inequities in the United States today. It is definitely worth reading all the way through, especially since neither the author nor the magazine can be described as being liberal whiners.