Australian journalist John Martinkus first went to East Timor in 1994, determined to report what was really happening as indonesia brutally suppressed the country's independence movemnet-- creating the highest per capita death toll of any conflict in the 20th century.
"When Soeharto was forced to resign as president of Indonesia, the economy was in ruins, and the country had to make the transformation to a democracy. Steps were taken to deprive the army of its strong political hold. The establishment of new political parties was permitted. Ce…
From 1997 to 2000, former Poet Laureate of the United States Robert Hass wrote the nationally syndicated column "Poet's Choice" which featured poems relevant to current headlines written by well-known poets as Wallace Stevens, John Ashbery, and Robert Frost. Now & Then is a coll…
