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The Geneva Conventions should modify the rules of war
From Harper’s Weekly Review: One hundred fifty men wearing lederhosen gathered to finger-wrestle in Bernbeuren, Germany. Well, maybe they could drop the lederhosen.
Posted in Human rights, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Geneva Conventions, rules of war
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Keeping up with the Strongmen
From Harper’s Weekly Review: Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose major political rivals are dead, exiled, or incarcerated, won reelection in a contest that one protester called “a farce” and one human rights campaigner called “an insult to elections.”
Posted in Human rights, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights
Tagged Harper's, Putin, Russian election, strongman
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“The Letters Project: A Daughter’s Journey.” A story about what happened
A few years ago, Eleanor Reissa told me about a book she was planning to write. A book called The Letters Project, prompted after her mother died, when Eleanor did what we all do when a parent dies: we pour … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Human rights, Immigration, Journalism, Racism, The Facts of Life
Tagged "Oh My Papa", "Songs in the Key of Yiddish", "The Letters Project", Auschwitz, Eleanor Reissa, Paul Burkhard, Third Reich, Yiddish
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