A critical moment in a time of testing

The Supreme Court issues two contradictory rulings on the display of the Ten Commandments in (or around) public buildings. So maybe just Five Commandments then. Maybe we could vote on which ones we like best. Actually, I’d be kind of interested in seeing the results of that vote.

Tomorrow Shrub will address the nation on the subject of Iraq. Scotty McClellan says, “he will make the point that this is a critical moment in a time of testing.” Didn’t Bush always pay someone to take his tests for him?

Helen Thomas writes, “As soon as the devastating abuse of the prisoners at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib came to light, Bush should have ordered a ban on torture in all prisons under U.S. military control.” It hadn’t occurred to me before, but I think every time Bush has condemned abuse of prisoners, it’s always been past acts of abuse and torture. Forget an official ban, he hasn’t ever made a public statement telling soldiers and guards that he expects them to refrain from such acts in the future, on pain of severe punishment.