by Robin Kirk | Jun 25, 2008 | Robin Kirk
Yet another example of all the things going unfunded while we are stuck fighting a misguided war in Iraq…Cambodia genocide tribunal running out of money – Los Angeles TimesPlagued by long delays and corruption allegations, the special court prosecuting...
by Robin Kirk | Jun 21, 2008 | Robin Kirk
In another first, legislators in New York just voted to require anyone showing a plastination exhibit to show where exactly the bodies came from. Senator Jim Alesi (R-Perinton) sponsored the bill, which mirrors similar efforts in California, Pennsylvania, Washington...
by Robin Kirk | Jun 20, 2008 | Robin Kirk
Today, North Carolina took one step closer to becoming the first state in the union to make torture and conspiracy to commit torture a crime. By a 4 to 3 vote, the Judiciary I Committee of the North Carolina House approved a bill meant to put a stop to the...
by Robin Kirk | Jun 6, 2008 | Robin Kirk
J.K. Rowling’s commencement speech at Harvard is required listening… the speech is in three parts: [youtube]L445BmUEXH4[/youtube] [youtube]9kh_tSiqL1U [/youtube] [youtube]LqGotirF20w[/youtube]
by Robin Kirk | Jun 2, 2008 | Robin Kirk
Well, not quite — but the network of people who have opposed the for-profit use of unclaimed and “un-donated” bodies in plastination exhibits scored several impressive victories recently. After an extensive investigation of the origin of the bodies,...
by Robin Kirk | May 29, 2008 | Robin Kirk
The 1998 Good Friday agreement, which provided the blueprint for a peaceful resolution to a decades-old conflict, has meant an end to the daily killings that used to define life in Northern Ireland. But the fighting persists in different ways, most visibly through the...
