http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Kristof Posts tagged with 'Kristof' at MetaFilter. Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:20:23 -0800 Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:20:23 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/30865/Cellphone%2Dor%2Dfreedom <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/21/opinion/21KRIS.html">Buying prostitutes.</a> Nicholas Kristof (of the <i>NY Times</i>; reg. req.) bought the freedom of two young <a href="http://www.seameo.org/vl/combat/appendixe.htm">Cambodian prostitutes</a> in order to return them to their villages... but it wasn't as simple as you might think. It's easy to be cynical (yes, he's using it as grist for columns; yes, it's a drop in the bucket), but isn't it better than doing nothing? Anyway, it's a fascinatingly messy story. (He discusses why he picked these particular girls, and addresses some of the moral issues, <a href="http://forums.nytimes.com/top/opinion/readersopinions/forums/editorialsoped/opedcolumnists/kristofresponds/index.html?page=recent">here</a>&mdash;scroll down to January 20.) tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.30865 Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:20:23 -0800 Cambodia Kristof prostitutes languagehat http://www.metafilter.com/25883/Alone%2Dand%2Dashamed%2Dwith%2Dfistulas <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/16/opinion/16KRIS.html">Nicholas Kristof wrote this article<br></a> &#0160;&#0160;about <a href="http://www.fistulatrust.org/HistM.html">this woman</a><br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;who founded <a href="http://www.fistulahospital.org">this hospital</a><br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;which treats <a href="http://www.unfpa.org/issues/factsheets/fistula_defining.htm">this condition</a>, which is so awful... tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.25883 Tue, 20 May 2003 09:32:29 -0800 fistulahospital fistulas gynecology Hamlin Kristof obstetricfistulas women languagehat