Archive for 2013

Thoughtful article by David Remnick on the Bombing suspects and their family

Quote: “The Tsarnaev family had been battered by history before—by empire and the strife of displacement, by exile and emigration. Asylum in a bright new land proved little comfort. When Anzor fell sick, a few years ago, he resolved to return to the Caucasus; he could not imagine dying in America. He had travelled halfway around […]

Representations of the Boston bombing, its culprits, and terror (an opinion piece)

This is a short, though wide-ranging opinion piece. One pull quote does not really give a sense of what the rest of it is about, but here’s one to think about: “Waking up at six-thirty on Friday morning and hearing what had happened in the night, I followed my own generational instincts, honed on Vietnam […]

Important news about China’s system of punitive, hard labor re-education

The link is here. From the article:   “Rights advocates are pleased that the issue is on the leadership’s agenda but said that the devil would be in the details. Previous proposals for change, they noted, have included an 18-month cap on sentences, weekend furloughs for prisoners and access to lawyers for defendants. But such […]