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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.
SHARE 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 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 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.
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, February 20, 2010 Where is the Outrage?
Tea-baggers tilt at windmills while real outrages go unanswered.
(3 comments) SHARE 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 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 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 Monday, September 29, 2008 Goodbye, Mr. Brooks.
John McCain: Sterling judge of character? What was David Brooks thinking?
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!
SHARE 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.