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Forgive and Forget?

By | 01.11.09 | 7:15 pm

As part of its “Transitions” series, The New York Times devoted a full page Sunday to op-eds expressing varying viewpoints on what President-elect Barack Obama should do about “the legal legacy of the war on terrorism.”

It’s an odd way of framing the issue — and an inherent concession to More…

McCain Adviser Endorses Obama

By | 10.24.08 | 4:10 pm

Yet another high-profile Republican has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama — and this time, it’s one of Sen. John McCain’s own advisers.

Charles Fried, a conservative legal scholar, Harvard professor and former solicitor general under President Ronald Reagan, has asked to be removed from McCain’s More…