Humanitarian Interventions: Asking the Right Questions By Almaz Negash [10.Apr.2006]
As he did in so many cases, Mahatma Gandhi called us to the most fundamental of our ethical obligations: "All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul." read more
To Publish or Not to Publish - Santa Clara News [10.Apr.2006]
The photograph of a dead American soldier being dragged through the streets of Somalia. The photo of Richard Allen Davis, Polly Klaas' killer, making an obscene courtroom gesture. A "Doonesbury" comic strip in which a TV commentator tours Ronald Reagan's brain, pointing out deficiencies. (The Mercury News published the first two on my watch. I can't remember what we decided on the Doonesbury strip, proving that what seem like tough decisions mercifully do not always follow you into eternity.) read more
