Author: Chris Kulczycki

Last week I wrote about Jan Karski, who tried to warn the world of the Holocaust. This article is about a man who showed that courage and dedication have no limits, a man who purposely had himself arrested and imprisoned in...

[Update] Michelle Bachelet wins Chilean Presidency. See the comments. American liberals don’t pay much attention to those nations south of us, but we should. They are successful at just what we are trying to do. They are...

When I was a boy of 12 or so, a tall thin man came to our house. He was a friend of my father’s, and a Pole, perhaps a diplomat, well bred, cultured, educated; I could tell from his refined accent and impeccably tailored...

from the diaries –Jérôme ABC news is reporting: Dec. 5, 2005 — Two CIA secret prisons were operating in Eastern Europe until last month when they were shut down following Human Rights Watch reports of their existence...

As many of us here try to keep the issue of torture alive in the blogosphere, the question of the causes of torture must arise. Why do seemingly normal people inflict pain on others? Do we train our soldiers to be cruel, or do...