What is the use of poetry when the world shifts underfoot? The question arises in the face of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, with the news dominating every discussion. I shuttle between newspaper and television reports, Al Jazeera's live streaming video, messages on Twitter and Facebook, and blogs, trying...
0 Comments | Posted March 26, 2010 | 10:38 AM
Vice President Cheney's admission on ABC's This Week that he ordered the torture of terrorist suspects may be a defining moment in our political discourse. It was remarkable not so much for the substance of its revelation -- we have long known that "enhanced interrogation" methods, including waterboarding, were integral...
0 Comments | Posted January 12, 2006 | 10:55 PM
The screening of the film on genocide,
Designed to build momentum for the final
Lecture at the festival of human rights,
Was marred by the projectionist's refusal
To dim the lights in the auditorium.
We looked around, confused, until someone quoted
The president: There's...
0 Comments | Posted February 7, 2011 | 9:14 AM