Well, that’s one way to deal with a rapist…
From the today’s reporting, at the Open Society Institute’s event “Accountability for Sexual Violence: Innovative Strategies at Work in Africa.” Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, cofounder and…
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‘How we know waterboarding works,’ by the CIA
Remember that guy who went on ABC and said, “Waterboarding works. One douse, and this al Qaeda guy totally opened up.” (Okay, maybe it…
Read MoreHow to: Protest for easier conceal-carry permits (hint: display gun prominently)
The Lead of the Day is from the CS Monitor: Small groups of armed Californians have been turning up at cafes and coffee shops…
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And in weather news, this is why Appalachia thinks there’s no such thing as climate change
I’m literally under the weather here, between West Virginia and Washington, DC. New stuff in a few days. Meanwhile, please enjoy how much nicer…
Read MoreOne more casualty of the news biz
McClatchy pulls its reporter from Africa. Shashank Bengali has been doing some really fascinating work there, but the mother ship called him home. Or…
Read MoreA young reporter in Haiti
I was incredibly moved by Huascar Robles’ account of reporting in Haiti. Huascar is a young Puerto Rican reporter who had been researching an…
Read MoreHow to count your war dead
I stumbled into a controversy last week when I wrote an article about the new Human Security Report. I wasn’t the only one; lots…
Read MoreFarewell to the Nile?
Well the rapids, anyway. I had a hell of a good time rafting them last year (and have since heard from people unknown to…
Read MoreSo much for the Interrogators-Gone-Wild defense
The New York Times finally made it through the newest set of newly released documents on CIA interrogations and concludes that they suggest —…
Read MoreBack home, a page from the Sarah Palin playbook
Remember back when Sarah Palin was baiting David Letterman over his stupid joke? (I know. I wish I didn’t either.) Remember the best part…
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