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Brady Kiesling
Just before the Iraq war, American diplomat Brady Kiesling made headlines by resigning in protest from the U.S. embassy in Athens. He looks at the effect of the war in the various countries in which he has served, including Israel, Armenia and Morocco. Also, two winners of a prize for emerging women writers on gender and the writing life.
Wiki-Law
Jay Gallagher, Albany Bureau Chief for Gannett News and author, Politics of Decline (Whiston Press)
- talks about Wicks Law and Eliot Spitzer's plan to change it.
- talks about Wicks Law and Eliot Spitzer's plan to change it.
An Award of One's Own
Emily Rapp, winner of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards and author of Poster Child (Bloomsbury, 2007),
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Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt , Winner of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards, author of Harlem is Nowhere (Little, Brown, date TBD), and contributing editor for Transition Magazine
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Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt , Winner of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards, author of Harlem is Nowhere (Little, Brown, date TBD), and contributing editor for Transition Magazine
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Foreign Service Test
John Brady Kiesling, 20- year U.S. Foreign Service officer who resigned in protest of the Iraq War and author, Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower (Potomac Books, 2006)
- on lessons learned from the Iraq War and reaction to President Bush's live press conference at the White House. ...
- on lessons learned from the Iraq War and reaction to President Bush's live press conference at the White House. ...
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts and Emily Rapp
Two winners of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards, speak about their writing and inspiration as emerging women writers
Required Reading: 9/15/2006
Senators Defy Bush On Terror Measure (Washington Post)
An Unexpected Collision Over Detainees (NY Times)
Uganda Peace Hinges on Amnesty for Brutality (NY Times)
Muslims Lash Out at Pope's Remarks (LA Times)
FDA Issues Spinach Warning (LA Times)