A helpfully concise summary in a helpfully modest post from Manzi:
I am looking to tradition, settled practice and the wisdom of our forebears for guidance in a difficult situation. Among other things, this strikes me as the obviously conservative approach.
Personally, I prefer Roosevelt and Churchill to Yoo and Bybee.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/04/why-conservatives-resist-torture/202774/
