Blackwater Bailed Out

Excuse me for my skepticism about the New Year’s Eve decision by federal judge Ricardo Urbina to throw out the charges against five former Blackwater operatives who were accused of killing 14 Iraqi… Read More →

The Global Archipelago

I’m writing from the southern tip of the Bronx, the only borough in New York City on the U.S. mainland, my window overlooking Manhattan, the center of this island archipelago that rules our… Read More →