January 2010
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“In 1983, President Ronald Reagan extended some rights — including immunity from...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/world/31interpol.html
December 2009
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“The capital-T Truth is about life •before• death.
It is about making it to...”
– David Foster Wallace, This Is Water
I miss David F. Wallace already.
I’d listened to his essay “Consider the Lobster” earlier this year and was eager to get more from him. Upon picking up “This Is Water”, I find he died in 2008. I suppose I’m late to the mourning.
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Finishing up Bergman's Seventh Seal. →
Hopefully this won’t become a holiday tradition.
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Rwanda: My Stories and Yours
I ran across this recent article on the last of the genocide cases being heard in Rwanda, and thought I’d post the Rwandan stories that have most influenced me, and provide space so you can do the same.
I’ve been so impressed with the ability of their communities to move forward in these trials, despite allegations of bribery, false accusations, and 15-year-delayed justice. One...