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Understanding Everyone: Empathic Reflections about Osama Bin-Laden’s Killing – Part 2

Understanding Everyone: Empathic Reflections about Osama Bin-Laden’s Killing - Part 2

This is part 2 of a post I started a couple of weeks ago. At that time I was offering my understanding to the people who are celebrating Osama Bin-Laden’s death, as well as to those who judge the celebration.

Today I want to explore in a similar manner other …

Approaching the Oscar Grant Verdict with Empathy

Approaching the Oscar Grant Verdict with Empathy

In a few days, possibly as early as tomorrow, a controversial trial will come to an end, and the verdict of Johannes Mehserle, the police officer who killed Oscar Grant in Oakland last January, will be released. This is a tense moment in Oakland. What will happen if he is …