As you listen to a man from Haiti and two women from Cambodia and Nepal describe their childhoods spent as modern slaves, you are torn between horror and admiration.
The Haitian, Jean-Robert Cadet, was brought to America by his "owners," eventually joined the U.S. Army and went to college, and...
(1) Comments | Posted December 19, 2011 | 9:39 AM
It is hard to convey to people just what a pleasure it was to spend time in Christopher Hitchens' company. He was not just brilliant, funny, and provocative, with a vast store of anecdote and insight -- he was also warm and affectionate, with a slightly 18th-century flourish.
Spending...
(0) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 2:25 PM