In an editorial Thursday (free registration required), the Wall Street Journal describes waterboarding as “the most coercive interrogation technique that was ever actually authorized” against Al Qaeda. According to the Journal, “it involves strapping a detainee down, wrapping his face in a wet towel and dripping water on it to produce the sensation of drowning.”

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Well, I can report that Costa Rica is a wonderful country for all your honeymoon needs. After spending ten days before the trip on the couch wishing for death, my immune system finally put the flu down for the count a couple days into the trip. Then my wife got sick for a few days,

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