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Thor Hesla was killed on January 14th, 2008 in an attack by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan. I may have met Thor once or twice, but I didn’t know him.
My perspective on this tragedy is that I know his father, Professor Emeritus David Hesla. David Hesla is a beloved and somewhat eccentric professor, one [...]

Join The Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini in launching a kite and filling the sky with messages of hope for millions of Afghan refugees.

Since 2002, more than 5 million Afghan refugees - mostly women and children - have returned to their homeland, most with the assistance of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Despite this massive [...]

I received an email today from Senator Saxby Chambliss, and I’m posting both his communication and my own.
Dear Ms. N: Thank you for contacting me regarding the National Security Agency’s (NSA) monitoring of conversations connected to terrorist activity and the treatment of military detainees. It is good to hear from you.
I certainly understand [...]

We come in peace (shoot to kill):
Some actions for my fellow armchair activists. Click on the links for more information and to take action.

Don’t Give Alberto Gonzales the Power to Speed Up Executions. You’ve got to read this just to believe they are even considering it.

Demand the immediate release of [...]

This global incident map of terrorism and other activities updates every 30 seconds.
On 6-24-2007

AFGHANISTAN-NATO Kills 60 Taliban Terrorists In Operations In Afghanistan-Pakistan Border
AFGHANISTAN-Lashkar Gah-Soldiers attacked by Afghan roadside bomb
AFGHANISTAN-Lashkar Gah-Over a dozen Taliban, coalition soldier killed
AFGHANISTAN-Andar-Taliban seize 18 Afghan mine clearing experts
AFGHANISTAN-Musa Qala-Taliban behead local police chief’s son
COLOMBIA-Buenaventura-Bomb kills at least two in troubled Colombia [...]

Have a good Labor Day, America! Labor Day is meant to celebrate the contributions of the working class. The labor unions promoted it as a testament to the cause of worker’s rights. I don’t expect to see much on the origins of the holiday in America’s media this year.
In 1898, Samuel Gompers, head of the [...]

A must read: “The Clash of Civilizations Doesn’t Exist… Yet” by Joshua Holland, AlterNet. Posted September 1, 2006.
The neocons who are pushing a Clash of Civilizations are mirror-images of the terrorists that inspire their hyperbolic fear — they are just as irrational and just as great a threat to our security.
To the extent that some [...]