"There was a large hunger strike in California - people protesting the use of long-term solitary confinement, this is a hunger strike inside prisons … I ended up doing a long investigation on that." He says when he did return to the US, he thought he would return to his career reporting in the Middle East, but his unique insight on prisons led him to cover a different story. "It was tough, I was in solitary confinement for four months, generally isolated from the world for the entire two years that I was there - didn't know when we were going to get out." From locked up to locked out "They were actually Iranian and they arrested us - and there started a long process where Iran essentially using us as political bargaining chips with the United States and it took us two years to get out. "We were at a local tourist site, a waterfall and we went hiking along a trail near the waterfall, didn't realise how close we were to Iran and we came near the border and were called across by some soldiers. He says he and some friends took a holiday to Iraqi Kurdistan, which was considered safe for visitors.
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Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Kleins book Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes is the perfect thing for a smart and. This lively crash course in philosophy takes us on a hilarious - and at the same time, profound - tour through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts and thinkers. Item #326914 ISBN: 081091493X A very good copy no dust jacket. Cathcart, Thomas, Klein, Daniel Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through JokesĪbrams Image, May 2007. Klein, Daniel M., 1939- author Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA1258911 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection. |