Today we're going to hear about the shifting of the winds regarding how we talk about the torture we committed over the past decade. We'll also hear from an Irish victim of British torture tactics for further insights into the self-inflicted wounds the practice of torture inflicts.

Today we take an overview of the current conflict between Israel and Gaza. There are war crimes on both sides but a large asymmetry of power

Today we look at the absurdly politicized reactions to the prisoner swap to retrieve Bowe Bergdahl and the PTSD-inducing media blitz of Bush-era neocons spouting their discredited opinions about the current chaos in Iraq

Today we look ahead to the forthcoming report on America's torture program and back at the process by which we keep getting ourselves into these situations

A sampling of stories highlighting a couple of good ideas and a whole lot of bad ideas concerning America's foreign policies.