Inside Opinion : Wasilla strikes again

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Wasilla strikes again

Posted by Frank Gerjevic

Posted: April 28, 2009 - 3:00 pm

Another letter-writer from Wasilla has come up with the best letters line of the last few days. This is from Stuart Thompson, writing about the U.S. use of torture:

"Does torture work? Burning witches and augury from chicken entrails are historically credited with similar rates of success."

You can read Thompson's letter in the April 29 edition of Web-extra letters here.