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Resort Of Last Resort

Fear, corruption, boredom, smugglers, extortionists, Saudi sex tourists and temporary wives: such is life in the Indonesian resort town that has become limbo for asylum seekers. Night is enveloping…
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3651 words)

Monk Fish, Raw Crab and the Death Penalty

Fewer things are as unpredictable as life. Fewer things are as miraculous, unique and precious. Its beginnings, though often calculated and planned, are nevertheless spontaneous, a result of a rather…
PUBLISHED: March 22, 2013
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2698 words)

The Death Penalty Has a Face: A DA's Personal Story

I remember feeling a little nervous when the heavy door leading to Death Row clanged shut behind me. I didn’t really know what I would see. Having never walked the concrete corridors of a…
PUBLISHED: March 18, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3628 words)

How Americans Lost the Right to Counsel, 50 Years After 'Gideon'

You have a right to an attorney in a criminal case, even if you cannot afford one. The Supreme Court said so half a century ago. But today that precious right is systematically ignored or undermined.…
PUBLISHED: March 13, 2013
LENGTH: 25 minutes (6352 words)

The Writing on the Wall: Graffiti, Poetry, and Protest in Egypt by by Andy Young

THE FACE OF 19-year-old Khaled Said, the catalyst for Egypt’s January 25 uprising, is stenciled all over Egypt. But if you walked down Mohamed Mahmoud Street, which ends in Tahrir Square, you…
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3759 words)

White Moon Rising

First, a few basics about the Mongolian holiday Tsagaan Sar. Tsagaan means “white” and Sar can be translated as “month” or “moon”. The…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1593 words)

The Hanging

The road to Hoskins Cemetery snakes deep into the Daniel Boone National Forest, a 700,000-acre swath of rugged wilderness in southeastern Kentucky. The cemetery isn’t easy to find; it lies hidden…
PUBLISHED: March 21, 2013
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2287 words)

Pad Thai

Yet it’s not entirely fair to complain about the authenticity of Pad Thai. It’s the noodle that’s the most Thai, and at the same time, the least. Before the 1940s, Pad Thai…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1818 words)

Revisiting the Solo Female Travel Experience

Sarai Sierra In late 2011, I wrote a post about the solo female travel experience, discussing some of the safety tips and lessons learned in several years of roaming the globe by myself. In it,…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2104 words)
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