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...lite, Steavenson encountered "varying shades of hypocrisy." No one "ever looked me straight in the eye and admitted responsibility for the crimes of the government which they had served." Even Sachet, a loving father and God-fearing soldier, ordered the execution of officers. "When the penalty of death becomes commonplace, perhaps it becomes unremarkable to order it," Steavenson observes...
Walter Isaacson's cover story about the very likely imminent death of newspapers is exactly the kind of wake-up call people need now [Feb. 16]. I have been a daily newspaper reporter for more than 14 years and have never seen such a dire situation. A world without local, daily papers and the content they provide would be a very sad, uninformed and dull place. Ken Ross, WARE, MASS...
...book. (For a livelier account of an innocent's adventures in the jungle, look up Redmond O'Hanlon's classic Into the Heart of Borneo.) You never quite get a fix on what Fawcett means to Grann, and you find yourself wishing, uncharitably, that he would narrowly escape death a little more often. What keeps you going is the backstory. The theory that the Amazon basin conceals the capital of an advanced civilization has a long history--it's one of those ideas that's just too romantic to die. As early as the 16th century, the conquistadores were pouring...
...week leave much to be desired in terms of legal procedure, it is comforting that the tribunal prosecuting Duch in Phnom Penh has been organized with the support of the United Nations. Though it might be difficult to determine proper punishment for a man who killed and ordered the deaths of so many fellow citizens, we are glad to see that the death penalty will not be an option. Fortunately, in the system that will try Duch and other former Khmer Rouge officials, criminals will be brought to justice with the humanity and due process that their victims were denied...
...later graduated from Columbia Medical School. Natalie M. Bowman ’99 could not be reached for comment yesterday. Ann Fitz, one of Reed’s attorneys, said she believes Reed’s actions were motivated by mental illness caused by her mother’s death in 1998. “She felt like there was no other choice but to try and hide herself and live her life through somebody else’s identity,” Fitz said. Fitz said she was particularly disappointed with the verdict because she said it dismissed mental...