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Bali Bombers Executed
On Saturday, November 8, Indonesia executed three men (Amrozi bin H. Nurhasyim, Ali Ghufron, aka Mukhlas, and Imam Samudera) known as the “Bali Bombers”, because of the bombings for which…
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DRC: Protect Civilians NOW!
[caption id="attachment_97" align="alignleft" width="288" caption="(c) Michael Graham/USHMM, July 2008"][/caption] While African and UN leaders today discuss the recent spike in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, civilians continue…
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If I can blog, why can't he?
I can sit in my ergonomic chair as I type, comforted not only by the lower back support, but by the knowledge that whatever I type here will not get me thrown into…
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Amnesty’s Solution to DRC is…More Guns??
I was asked today about Amnesty International’s increasing calls for the UN Security Council to act to reinforce the peacekeeping force currently in DRC (acronym MONUC…it’s French and I can’t find the…
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The Dangerous Act of Raising a Flag
With all the patriotic spirit and flag-waving (and questions about lapel pins) that we've been seeing lately surrounding the Presidential election here in the United States, it can be easy…
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There Is No Justification In Keeping Gitmo Open
Below is my reply on the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Piece of Nov. 4, 2008: Guantanamo Revelation. I served in the military for 14 years, including three deployments to the Middle East.…
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A Success Story on a Small Island
[caption id="attachment_81" align="alignright" width="192" caption="Jennifer with her Amnesty action"][/caption] In the middle of all the interest in the American election, there was an election halfway around the world last week…
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Why Does New Hampshire Have the Death Penalty?
A jury in New Hampshire has just sentenced a white millionaire businessman named John Brooks to life without parole for the capital murder of Jack Reid in 2005. This was…
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Future Danger
In the Philip K. Dick short story (and Steven Spielberg / Tom Cruise film) The Minority Report, a special agency known as Precrime relies on psychic “precogs” to anticipate and…
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Tensions in DRC Remain High
The situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo remains fragile, after rebel forces and local militia clashed north of Goma. More than 250,000 people have been displaced by the…