Once You've Created A Connection Of Empathy,

The Photos Were Taken By African Union Soldiers. People In Congress Saw Them. I Thought If People Could See Them, There Would Be Public Outcry. No One Would Be Able To Say, We Just Didn't Know What Was Going On There.

You Could Perhaps Better Tell The Story Of A Place By Writing Of A Tiny Village As A Sort Of Prism Into The Bigger Issues The Culture Was Facing. It Struck Me As A Better Way To Learn About A Place, Or At Least A Different Way, Than Just Going To Interview The President. So I Have Often Tried To Tell The Story Of A Place Through People There. But I'm Just Amazed.

We, As Americans, Have Won The Lottery Of Life And The Distinction Between Us And People Living In Kalighat Is Not That We Are Smarter, Not That We're Harder Working, Not That We're More Virtuous - It's That We're Luckier.

There Isn't A Political Price To Be Paid Yet For Doing Nothing. People Need To Get Upset With President Bush. People Need To Get Upset With Their Congressmen.

One Of The Principles Of Journalism Is You Don't Lie. You Never Lie.