Month January 2013

Drinking Red, White, and Blue Kool-Aid

David Stairs

Amid the controversy over Guantanamo interrogation techniques resurrected by Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty I read Mark Owen’s No Easy Day, the ooh-rah first person Seal Team Six account of the assassination of Osama bin Laden on May 1st,… Continue Reading →

Four Tools for Ivan Illich

David Stairs

Cutting Corners
One of the most gratifying experiences is having one’s observations corroborated, especially when they are about another culture. Not one, but two Indian acquaintances responded to my last Indian post, Why India Does Not Need Me,… Continue Reading →

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