by Robin Kirk | Sep 10, 2011 | Robin Kirk
On the morning of September 11, I was having the first slow day after weeks of intense work in my job as a senior researcher for the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch. In Washington, I had been meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell’s staff, who were...
by Robin Kirk | Apr 14, 2011 | Robin Kirk
My 12-year-old son has two categories of fear: the specific and the abstract. Sometimes, he jumps when our dog scrambles after the kitten. Night noises, even the winter hiss of a radiator, are scary. So are unexpected knocks at the front door and accidents we pass...
by Robin Kirk | May 28, 2010 | Robin Kirk
One of the most confusing things about Northern Ireland is the contrast between what people say they want and what is. For instance, a report was released yesterday asserting that 80 per cent of people polled in Northern Ireland would prefer to live in...
by Robin Kirk | May 26, 2010 | Robin Kirk
In a recent issue of The Nation, Ari Kelman writes about the quickening pace of extinction. Kelman writes that when Thomas Jefferson wrote his encyclopedic Notes on the State of Virginia, he believed that extinction was biologically impossible. Since God made the...
by Robin Kirk | Feb 27, 2009 | Robin Kirk
from today’s USA Today: Before her visit to China, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton removed the issue of human rights from the table, saying it could “interfere” with talks on the global economic crisis, climate change and security. She missed a...
