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James Taranto takes issue with Nicholas Kristof's conclusions about America's, Cuba's and China's comparative infant mortality rates--though not with Kristof's facts. Taranto notes th... (article)
As noted in the last entry, the "fact" that the United States is the only industrialized nation with "appreciable" poverty is harder to confirm, but appears to have some truth to it. ... (article)
What constitutes torture? A 2002 White House document said it must equal the pain "accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure." A more recent memo repudiates that sta... (episode)