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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.

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(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 2, 2009
Rummie's Gift to Obama The quote heard 'round the world!
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 18, 2013
Bahrain: Will Dialogue Bring Peace? Watch the behaviour of the King of Bahrain and his minions as they ponder just how much freedom they're willing to surrender in the interests of peace.
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        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.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 22, 2006
THE OXYCOPS In its zeal to stamp out the illegal drug use, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is cracking down on doctors who prescribe medications to relieve chronic pain, and the patients who depend on these drugs to live normal lives.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Rights Group Slams Governments For "Double Standard" on Arab Spring Amnesty Slams Western Responses to Arab Spring
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 24, 2009
Shhhhhh...It's Still a (State) Secret Isn't it time see to a bit of the change we can believe in?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 24, 2009
The "Disappeared" Sound like something out of a Banana Republic? Well, we are now them.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 22, 2012
Thanksgiving 2012 What can we be thankful for?
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Pelosi's Loss; Our Gain A real investigation? Bring it on!
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 20, 2010
Where is the Outrage? Tea-baggers tilt at windmills while real outrages go unanswered.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 13, 2008
THE HIGH COST OF OUTSOURCING SECURITY Are Iraq, Afghanistan private contractors really saving us money? The Congressional Budget Office asts doubt.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 18, 2011
Egypt: The Murder of Dissent Press freedom is under a serious threat from Egypt's military rulers. Little has changed from the decades of repression under Hosni Mubarak.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 16, 2010
Bloggers Under Fire We sit down at our computers and write whatever's on our mind. We take it for granted that we can say pretty much anything we want. We have our First Amendment. Other folks aren't so lucky. Here are some of them.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 29, 2008
Goodbye, Mr. Brooks. John McCain: Sterling judge of character? What was David Brooks thinking?
SHARE More Sharing        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!
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 22, 2010
Life After Fifty? Listen Up Ladies! Here's a book for women that's every bit as relevant for men.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, July 10, 2011
Struck by Lightning: Capital Punishment in the U.S. Who can tell me what Capital Punishment has every achieved?
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 3, 2008
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Brought You the Torture Memos Faith-based organizations shouldn't be allowed to use our tax dollars to adopt an ideology contrary to the most basic tenets of their faith.
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, March 8, 2008
IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS This timeless press mantra is the fuel that drives the engine in the televised presidential debates.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 9, 2010
Is "Think" Just an Old Bumper Sticker? Government is the enemy -- until you need a friend. Former Defense Secretary Bill Cohen

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