Khmer Rouge Tribunal: One Brother Number Two Forward, Two UN Reports Back
So there's good news and bad news about the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia's efforts to bring surviving members of...
Rich Stazinski
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United Nations more able to prevent genocide?
According to a Washington Post report: "More than a decade after the United Nations was criticized for failing to stop genocide in...
I know it’s getting close to Halloween…
...but Reject LOST's commercial is more creepy and weird than scary! I guess Darth Vader was booked, and since Vincent Price and...
John Bolton: Pugnacious Nationalist or Petty Neocon?
The Washington Note's Sameer Lalwani argues/affirms/reaffirms/repeats that John Bolton is, in fact, not a petty neoconservative, but rather a pugnacious nationalist ....
This just in: “diplomacy” works and Rosa Brooks “kills”
File Rosa Brooks' recent LA Times op-ed, "This just in: "diplomacy works," under "Diplomacy" and "Satire". Money "Quote": White House insiders hint...
Recipe for Chemical Disaster or Culinary Delight?
According to The Times (of London, not New York), the recipe for a perceived chemical attack includes charred extra-hot bird's eye chillies....
Schiffer: Burma Needs the International Community
The Stanley Foundation's Michael Schiffer argues in a recent Des Moines Register op-ed that the United States must work with the international...
Rolling Stone: The Shield Star Wars
Check out Jack Hitt's Rolling Stone article, "The Shield," and the interactive demonstration of how the Star Wars shield works. Here's the...
Thomas Friedman & Brand America
Thomas Friedman is once again finding his way back to the light after pulling himself up off the mat. Friedman was knocked...
Washington Post Gets it Right on Torture
Yesterday's Washington Post editorial, "Right on Torture" was Right on Point! On the subject of U.S. torture and interrogation policy, the Dems...
Take a Deep Breath, Guantanamo Mitt
Karen J. Greenberg, Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security at New York University and the editor of The Torture...
Vroom Vroom!!! The UN’s Revving Up for Global Warming
Christian Science Monitor, "U.N. Revs Up Over Global Warming": UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. - The annual summertime retreat of the Arctic icecap, greater...