Man, Technology and State

By Scott Horton Antiwar.com February 27, 2005 It’s clear at this point in the history of our nation that the national government is not limited in any serious way by the restrictions placed upon it in the Constitution. The limited republic envisioned by the founders has given way to unlimited democracy and empire. Government will likely encroach more and more on what had previously been considered unalienable rights here at home as it slaughters innocents overseas. Apparently, 'we had an...

Torturing Our Sovereignty

By Scott Horton Antiwar.com February 25, 2005 One issue raised in my Feb. 19 interview [stream] [download] of the coincidentally named Scott Horton, director of the International League of Human Rights, was that certain crimes, particularly war crimes, are subject to prosecution by any nation. That is, when the people of a criminal state refuse to hold the individuals in charge accountable when they violate the most basic laws of warfare, foreign powers — whether part of the original dispute...