Barry Yourgrau writes, performs & attempts humor in multimedia. His early works A Man Jumps Out of An Airplane & Wearing Dad's Head are considered surreal classics. His book Haunted Traveller plays with imaginary travels. Fans know him too from MTV, NPR & the film The Sadness of Sex in which he starred. For kids (?) there's recent NASTYbooks series. South African-born BY lives in NYC, travels a lot. Has great nostalgia for years in LA. More info @ www.yourgrau.com & www.nastybook.com.
Dean Christopher Edley Berkeley Law School Office: 215 Boalt Hall Tel: 510-642-6483 Fax: 510-642-9893 Email Address: edley@law.berkeley.edu
John Yoo is one of the prime--if not the prime--formulators of the blatantly inadequate and outrageous legal opinions that justified the Bush administration's use of torture.
His opinions were not just idle academic theories: They helped further the actual practice of war crimes and crimes against humanity.