April 2011
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The Aftermath (A Sendai Earthquake Account)
Dispatches from my friend Austin, in Sendai.
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This was Austin’s third report. He also wrote Part 1: Shake, Rattle and Roll and Part 2: Bouncing Back .
Bouncing Back (A Sendai Earthquake Account)
Part Two in Austin’s dispatches from Sendai, an area of Japan that was hit by the quake and tsunami. He’s a school teacher there, and he’s currently using his vacation days to volunteer with the clean-up operation. (Part 1 here, and Part 3: The Aftermath here)
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(Austin also wrote Part 1: Shake, Rattle and Roll, and Part 3: The Aftermath)
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“When people say that the problem with civilian courts is that it is harder, in their confines, to get convictions in cases involving torture, what are they arguing for? A way of dealing with a few legacy cases, or a venue that will make it easier to torture people in the future, without so many worries?”
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Close Read: Fear, Shame, and Guantánamo Bay : The New Yorker
File Under: Things to Improve, Vital Ones
