On Afghanistan

Okay, the basics first: Here’s the video, and the full transcript. Here are various responses: McChrystal, McCain and various other responses. The BBC has some reactions from people in Afghanistan as well as from the NATO Secretary General and Nicolas Sarkozy. And here’s a good summary of the latest: Ban Ki-moon, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Britain, India. …

Eliminating Violence Against Women

“Some 70 percent of women experience in their lifetime some form of physical or sexual violence from men – the majority from husbands, intimate partners or someone they know.”– Ban Ki-moon. Check out the blog I co-wrote with Rose Berger over at God’s Politics: “Uniting to Eliminate Violence against Women.”