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William Fisher has managed economic development programs in the Middle East and elsewhere for the US State Department and the US Agency for International Development. He served in the international affairs area in the Kennedy Administration and now writes on subjects ranging from human rights to foreign affairs for a number of newspapers and online journals.
(7 comments) SHARE Sunday, August 26, 2012 America: How Exceptional?
Yes, America is extraordinary in many ways. But perfect it is not. And there's a huge question about whether we've even been truly "exce[tional."
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 16, 2012 Remember Mubarak?
The King of Bahrain gives us all a lesson in PR 101, designed to turn day to night, handcuffs to jewelled bracelets, sows' ears to silk purses.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 4, 2012 Censoring the Whistle!
Here we have yet another clue that the Afghan Government is skilled at poppy production and corruption. Don't expect much more from them regardless of what the propagandists tell us!
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, July 23, 2012 Crazy While Locked Up!
For the past twenty years or so, a large and growing population of mentally ill men and women have been discovering that they have virtually no place to go and that their future is homelessness followed by jail. Thousands are serving long sentences for relatively minor infractions.
SHARE Tuesday, July 10, 2012 Virginia's Political Asset
Our lawmakers desperately need to understand some of the paths toward better behavior. If they don't, we'll just go on spending more money and throwing more lives on the landfill of broken lives.
SHARE Monday, July 9, 2012 Texas Justice: 22 Years on Death Row
Our prosecutorial bar will be perceived as weak and uncaring until these peer groups are ready to use their power to aggressively weed out bad behavior
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 30, 2012 The Perpetual Trial of Sami Al-Arian
The power of the Justice System is truly awesome. Pray you never find yourself in its talons!
SHARE Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Who'll Have the Last Laugh?
You know how they define someone who keeps doing the same things over and over and expects a different result?
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Justice Delayed? Justice Cancelled?
What can we do when our government fails? When it lies to us? When it takes away the freedom of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of its citizens?
(8 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 15, 2012 Bahrain Follows The Money
Bahrain's Royalty is counting on the Formula One Grand Prix to refurbish the country's brutal image. But fun at the races might just backfire to the benefit of the thousands who have been arrested and tortured.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Ozzie: Open Mouth, Insert Foot?
Ozzie Guillen has the same First Amendment rights as the rest of to say whatever he wants about anyone he wants to talk about. But, frankly, we enjoy his baseball more than his politics.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 1, 2012 Texas Prosecutors Go Rogue --And Get Away With It!
In its infinite wisdom, our Supreme Court has granted prosecutors virtual immunity from prosecution for misconduct that has doomed many to long prison sentences -- sometimes on death row. Now, a courageous group of lawyers are trying to correct this travesty of justice.
SHARE Monday, March 26, 2012 Is This the Accountability We Were Promised?
The lawyers who bring human rights cases to US courts have to be the most patient and most frustrated guys in the legal profession. How are they now looking for a way around America's courts, which seem to have forgotten their mission: Justice!
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 17, 2012 The GOP's Death Wish
The GOP says "not so", but follow the feet and you'll get to the graveyard of what was once a legitimate political party.