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jay-feldman's picture
Dec.06.2011
(Originally posted on the Readers Forum at the Contra Costa (Calif.) Times online.) In fall 1964, as a second-year graduate student at UC Berkeley, I was part of the Free Speech Movement, a semesterlong struggle with administrators that was triggered by the regents' unilateral decision to...
farzana-versey's picture
Aug.30.2011
It was only a matter of time before Libya found a totem. The psychological semantics are beautifully laid out. A 19-year-old girl. Attractive. Murderer? Victim? The shadow-play is potent. Libyan’s leader Muammar Gaddafi always had a female army alongside the traditional male one. So, what sets...