I trudged down the side of the road carrying a small sign: “I am waiting for YOU to shut down Guantanamo.” We…
I saw GI Jane in a San Francisco theater the week it opened in 1997. The place was packed. When Demi Moore…
In 1995, I was on a bus in Guatemala. It was crowded. Not rush-hour-A-train-in-NYC crowded. No, this was inhaling-the-air-the-person-next-to-you-just-exhaled crowded. Whole-families-to-a-seat crowded.…
Standing in front of a judge is intimidating (to me anyway). It seems a whole lot easier to cross a line, refuse…
Remember way back when President Barack Obama promised to close Guantanamo, restore the United States' moral standing and end the practice of…
On the relatively rare occasions when the media turns its attention to U.S. weapons sales abroad and shines its not-so-bright spotlight on…
The first 20 detainees arrived at Guantánamo’s Camp X-Ray eight years ago, on January 11, 2002. Just over seven years later, President…
The official results of Afghanistan‘s presidential elections won’t be known for weeks. The ballots cast around the country need to be brought…
I can’t help myself. I still think it’s worth bringing up, even for the 64th time. I’m talking, of course, about the…
As another August 6th approaches, let me tell you a little story about Hiroshima and me: As a young man, I…
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