The Editors

RESOLVING THE LIBBY-PARDON DEBATE. Once you recall that Libby fixed septic tanks and dutifully attended a bachelor party back in 1994, the case for a pardon becomes clear, no? No? Take one last look at the petty highlights of the Libby character testimonials, today on TAP Online. –The Editors

TODAY IN TAP ONLINE. In an excerpt from her recently published book, Monstering: Inside America’s Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War, Senior Editor Tara McKelvey chronicles what life was like for soldiers assigned to guard Iraqi detention facilities. The sexually-charged, drugged-up, violent environment played a huge role in creating the culture […]

TODAY IN TAP ONLINE. Following last week’s surprise move by two military judges to halt the military commission proceedings of two Guantanamo Bay suspects, Jonathan Hafetz argues that a focus on the commissions themselves serves to obscure Gitmo’s true purpose: The rulings halted current proceedings involving two detainees and sparked new debates about the wisdom […]

TODAY IN TAP ONLINE. From our June print issue, and today available free to non-subscribers, Drew Westen discusses where Democrats go wrong in their political appeals, offering, as a test case, the fraught issue of gun control. On April 16, Seung-Hui Cho, a senior at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, carried two semiautomatic pistols […]

TODAY IN TAP ONLINE. Ben Adler tells us about the burgeoning conservative backlash against the smart growth movement in urban planning. Say hello to the anti-anti-sprawl experts: You know your conservative pet cause has arrived when it gets an event at the Heritage Foundation. Every kooky right-wing crusade, from denying global warming to teaching creationism […]

NO MORE REGISTRATION: ROAM FREE ON TAP ONLINE. OK, our experiment with free log-in registration for TAP Online has come to an end — the benefits for now certainly don’t outweigh the costs of giving added hassle to our readers, so the registration requirement is gone, and all readers can now check out all articles […]

TODAY IN TAP ONLINE. The immigration bill might have stalled in the Senate last week, but, as David Bacon writes, “the debate over immigration policy will undoubtedly continue.” That’s in part because our trade policies guarantee that the ranks of undocumented immigrants flowing into the country will only continue to grow. We also publish an […]

EZRA PLAYS HARDBALL. As he mentioned over at his other place, Ezra will be on Hardball with Chris Matthews tonight, which airs on MSNBC at 5:00 p.m. ET. (Ezra should be on around 5:30, following Ben Affleck. Ezra … always following Ben Affleck.) –The Editors

TODAY IN TAP ONLINE. Tara McKelvey reports on a recent policy conference in Florence, Italy concerning approaches to combating terrorism; the elephant in the room, Tara writes, was the trial about to commence in Italy against 26 Americans (mainly CIA officers) involved in the alleged 2003 extraordinary rendition and abuse of a Milan-based imam named […]