Torture is an impermissible

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent’s life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. Charles Krauthammer

It’s when most of

It’s when most of the guests have gone that the party really gets interesting – peering under the table and into the bath to see who’s stayed and what shape they’re in. It is then that those who are still conscious divulge things you had not known before: sometimes about themselves, sometimes about other people … Read more

In almost every thriller,

In almost every thriller, a point is reached when someone, usually calling from a phone booth, telephones with a vital piece of information, which he cannot divulge by phone. By the time the hero arrives at the place where they had arranged to meet, the caller is dead, or too near death to tell. There … Read more