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We hired a taxi to take us to Kabul that night, a journey breaking all curfews and punishable by summary execution for the driver. Nobody spoke. As we bribed our way through various checkpoints, festooned with confiscated and unspooled audio and videotape, our fear became oppressive. At 11:30 p.m...
I firmly believe that in times of national security and war, the media is far too intrusive and can often adversely affect the execution of government operations. Consider the Gulf War, for example: “Great victory,” according to the media. “Kuwait Liberated...
So men are more violent. Got me there. But women of power can hardly boast blush-free resumes. Queen Elizabeth I oversaw the colonization of the Americas, highlighted by mass genocide of Indians, while leading the persecution and execution of Catholics. Queen Victoria sat idly by while millions of Irish...
Delivering an improvised speech entitled, “Against Jesters Who Defame and Insult,” Fo used a series of drawings to criticize the Swedish Academy for choosing him and then delivered a discourse on institutionalized forms of violence ranging from the execution of medieval court jesters to...
When Kim became President in 1998, expectations were high, perhaps too high, because of his remarkable rEsumE. The country's leading pro-democracy activist, he had endured jailings, beatings and a near execution by Korea's military strongmen. Arriving at the Blue House, he wasted no time launching his peace...