My #torture statement at ACLU blog

Muslim Woman and the NY Skyline Originally uploaded by Brooklyn Bridge Baby. I love my city.

I was invited to speak at the Chautauqua Institute this summer on the theme of The Ambivalence of the Sacred: Religion and Violence. The initial calendar event is here. A pre-talk write-up is here, and post-talk write-up here, both from the Daily Chautauquan.  A video of the talk is embedded below.  

Dang! Josh Marshall puts the Kerbala attacks in an interesting perspective. Dang!