Today’s World Public Opinion survey on torture is quite fun. Respondents were put into three categories: “No torture at all”; “Limited use of torture to save innocent lives”; and “Torture should ...

Comparing Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo Bay to the torture rooms of the Spanish Inquisition is almost always a gesture of condemnation. The implication is not subtle: the enhanced interrogation (to adopt ...

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VATICAN CITY — The Inquisition was not nearly as bad as is commonly thought. That's according to the findings of a six-year historical study released by the Vatican on June 15 that examined the trials ...

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James Mandrell teaches Hispanic studies at Brandeis University, where he chairs the women's and gender studies department. The release of Bush administration torture memos proves one thing at least: ...