Sunlight, by Sharr White, at Marin Theatre Company
A John Yoo-like character squares off against a liberal university president in a new play called Sunlight. The playwright Sharr White discusses his intentions and shares his perspective on torture, abuse of power, and academic freedom. Also, Andrew Lichterman weighs in on the nuclear threat in a time of global economic crisis.
Anne McClintock, Imperial Leather: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest Routledge, 1995
Why does the US torture people who it knows have no actionable intelligence? What does paranoia have to do with torture conducted at places like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo? What has the commentary surrounding the Abu Ghraib photographs crucially ignored? Anne McClintock weighs in on these and other matters.
