by Robin Kirk | Mar 21, 2007 | Robin Kirk
Rosie goes after Elizabeth on this recent “View” episode. Elizabeth seems determined to “naturalize” torture a la Jack Bauer. If the guys are really bad, she says, then torture is A-OK… [youtube]uiq2Il7T5xQ[/youtube]
by Robin Kirk | Mar 20, 2007 | Robin Kirk
When the activists who campaigned against the slave trade in Britain needed to get the word out about the horrors of the Middle Passage, they used a printing press. A 15th century invention, this machine was as revolutionary as the creation of writing itself, since it...
by Robin Kirk | Feb 23, 2007 | Robin Kirk
In the Armenian Orthodox tradition, a requiem is held for the repose of the deceased’s soul on the fortieth day after a death. This February 25, friends of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink will gather at a Los Angeles hall to mourn him, shot three times in...
by Robin Kirk | Jan 24, 2007 | Robin Kirk
“The Pigeon-like Unease of My Inner Spirit by Hrant Dink AGOS Newspaper 10 January 2007 (translated by F.M. Gocek) I did not at first feel troubled about the investigation that was filed against me by the Şişli public prosecutor’s office with the accusation of...
