"Whenever I saw a fly in my cell, I was filled with joy." —Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah, a Yemeni man held by the CIA in one of the ag ency's so-called "black sites" for 19 months, without ever being criminally charged
"He will work to put abortion on a path to extinction." —The editors of National Review, in a column endorsing former Mass. governor Mitt Romney for president
"Assemble with your neighbors and make a holiday bonfire out of all that plastic and tulle! March on Disney World with pitchforks held high!" —Author Barbara Ehrenreich, calling on parents to boycott what she characterizes as sexist girls' toys produced by Disney
Sources: salon.com, article.nationalreview.com, thenation.com.
This article appears in Dec 19-25, 2007.