Bahraini activist’s triumphant return
Amid a groundswell of support for the Al-Khawaja family to win the Nobel Prize, daughter Maryam ends her exile
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 11:20 PM UTCTechnology al khawaja family
Lawrence Weschler
Technology al khawaja family
A worthy, necessary Nobel honoring the Arab Spring — and much more
As nominations close for the Nobel Peace Prize, the case for Bahrain's remarkable, besieged Al-Khawaja family
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 1:00 AM UTCLife Bahrain, Arab Spring, Al-Khawaja
America’s pervasive pay-off system
In Africa, underpaid bureaucrats exact frequent bribes. Here, it happens at the highest level of government
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Dark garland/Affirming flame
Leaves from my commonplace book, September 2001
Tuesday, Sep 25, 2001 7:04 PM UTCEntertainment Books
The Htoo twins come in from the cold
Myanmar's legendary child rebel leaders are like toxic cherubim, confusing our moral senses.
Monday, Jan 29, 2001 9:00 AM UTCNews Children, Thailand
Clinton grows a spine
The president surprises his critics by, at the last possible moment, signing on to the treaty for an International Criminal Court.
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Dan Quayle redux
As we prepare for a second President Bush, the d
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A fluke? A crisis? No, the future
The close presidential contest illustrates the triumph of the test-marketed candidacy.
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How “The West Wing” gets the vote out
Convergence of the week: Jim Lehrer, Archer Daniels Midland, Bush and Gore try to center-tain you.
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The ABCs of Balkan nationalism
Do the recent elections in Yugoslavia and Croatia mark a shift away from the psychology that led the region into conflict?
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Relying on God
Convergence of the week: The words of vice-presidential pick Joseph Lieberman and Gamil Batouti, co-pilot of EgyptAir Flight 990.
Wednesday, Aug 16, 2000 10:41 PM UTCPolitics Democratic Party, Joe Lieberman
Lawrence Weschler is the author of, among others, "A Miracle, A Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers"; "Calamities of Exile"; "Vermeer in Bosnia"; and most recently, "Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative."
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