Quick Justice/No Justice

Quick Justice/No Justice

Within four days, two very different acts of violence erupted in Haiti this last week. Will real justice be meted out in either case? Doubtful…

Haiti’s Hour of Deliverance or Despair

Haiti’s Hour of Deliverance or Despair

This past week, CARICOM, the Caribbean trade group, announced a new “consensus” plan to deliver Haiti from the hands of roving gangs and paramilitary groups and into the tender care of democracy and free and fair elections. In part because of escalating gang violence...
In Gaza They Don’t Even Bother to Call It Peace

In Gaza They Don’t Even Bother to Call It Peace

  I was having sushi on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, sitting outdoors. All day long I’d been reading about the Hamas attacks in Israel and the Israeli bombings in Gaza. Now, sushi. What a disconnect. At the table next to ours was a young family we didn’t know....