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Inside Terry Jones’s War on the War on Terror
The former Python takes aim at Bush and Blair — without losing his sense of humor.
(Mother Jones, February 2, 2005)
Tags: 2004 election, interview, jeff fleischer, monty python, mother jones, terry jones, war on terror
Shake Hands With the Devil
The former head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Rwanda on genocide and the failure of humanity.
(Mother Jones, January 25, 2005)
Tags: canada, darfur, genocide, interview, jeff fleischer, mother jones, peace keeping, romeo dallaire, rwanda
New Zealand Campaigns Sidestep Abortion Scuffle
A judge’s ruling could add New Zealand to the list of countries making their abortion laws more restrictive. But the issue, while hugely partisan in the United States, isn’t being mentioned by the re-election campaign of Prime Minister Helen Clark.
(Women’s eNews, September 23, 2008)
Tags: abortion, helen clark, jeff fleischer, john key, law, new zealand, womens enews
This Won’t Hurt a Bit
A Painlessly Short (and Incomplete) Evolution of Execution
(Mental_Floss, January/February 2007)
Tags: death penalty, history, jeff fleischer, mental floss
In a Strange Land
With their homeland in danger, workers from Tuvalu travel abroad in search of employment.
(Alicia Patterson Reporter, Fall 2008)
Tags: alicia patterson reporter, climate change, environment, global warming, jeff fleischer, migrant workers, migration, new zealand, seasonal workers, south pacific, tuvalu
Operation Hollywood
How the Pentagon bullies movie producers into showing the U.S. military in the best possible light.
(Mother Jones, September 20, 2004)
Tags: censorship, david robb, interview, jeff fleischer, mother jones, movies, operation hollywood, pentagon
Goya’s “The Third of May”
Francisco Goya’s epic painting captures a terrible time in Spanish history, and epitomizes his ability to capture the dark side of human nature on canvas.
(Mental_Floss, September/October 2007)
Tags: art, francisco goya, goya, jeff fleischer, madrid, masterpieces, mental floss, painting, prado, third of may
