In Yemen’s Arab Spring, Crucial to Look Beyond Al Qaeda
Catherine Herridge of Fox News just published a story about the growing threat of Al Qaeda in Yemen. Political instability in Yemen this year, with protesters calling for the removal of President...
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Yemen Nears Breaking Point, Humanitarian Crisis Could Worsen
As fighting intensifies in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to limit hunger relief operations in that area. The United Nations is evacuating some of its staff...
View ArticleMusic Review: Indigo Girls – Beauty Queen Sister
What seems like a lifetime ago, I discovered the Indigo Girls at the tail end of college. Rites of Passage and Nomads Indians Saints started off my love of this folk music duo made up of Amy Ray and...
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Some See an Increased Threat from Iran
A report from The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which was leaked on Saturday, reports that Iran may start building a nuclear bomb in a matter of months. The report makes the claim that...
View ArticleEgyptian Revolution, Reloaded
This is not an opinion piece insomuch as it is an invitation; an invitation to turn your heads, once more, to Tahrir Square. We are taking to the streets again because, a year after our “revolution,”...
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Book Review: Why It Is Kicking Off Everywhere by Paul Mason
BBC journalist Paul Mason’s blog post early in 2011 titled Twenty reasons why it is kicking off everywhere almost instantly filled my Twitter feed and discussion on multiple email lists. You might have...
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TV Review: The Newsroom –“Amen”
This week’s The Newsroom episode “Amen” shifts slightly from its focus on the news story, instead using the February 2011 Egyptian protests (and the anti-Scott Walker protests in Wisconsin) as backdrop...
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Book Review: Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad by David W. Lesch
When Bashar al-Assad became president of Syria upon his father’s death in 2000, many people had high hopes for this young man who gave up his passion for ophthalmology to lead his country. Many...
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New Rioting, Demonstrations in Egypt
Was President Obama wrong to put his faith in Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi? Morsi took the reins as leader of Egypt following the sunrise of the Arab Spring, as human worth, freedom, and democracy became...
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Book Review: ‘Alif The Unseen’ by G. Willow Wilson
History books are full of the names of the so-called great leaders who have been responsible for the most striking moments in human existence. However, if recent history has shown us anything, leaders...
View ArticleIn Yemen’s Arab Spring, Crucial to Look Beyond Al Qaeda
Catherine Herridge of Fox News just published a story about the growing threat of Al Qaeda in Yemen. Political instability in Yemen this year, with protesters calling for the removal of President...
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Yemen Nears Breaking Point, Humanitarian Crisis Could Worsen
As fighting intensifies in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to limit hunger relief operations in that area. The United Nations is evacuating some of its staff...
View ArticleMusic Review: Indigo Girls – Beauty Queen Sister
What seems like a lifetime ago, I discovered the Indigo Girls at the tail end of college. Rites of Passage and Nomads Indians Saints started off my love of this folk music duo made up of Amy Ray and...
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Some See an Increased Threat from Iran
A report from The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which was leaked on Saturday, reports that Iran may start building a nuclear bomb in a matter of months. The report makes the claim that...
View ArticleEgyptian Revolution, Reloaded
This is not an opinion piece insomuch as it is an invitation; an invitation to turn your heads, once more, to Tahrir Square. We are taking to the streets again because, a year after our “revolution,”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book Review: Why It Is Kicking Off Everywhere by Paul Mason
BBC journalist Paul Mason’s blog post early in 2011 titled Twenty reasons why it is kicking off everywhere almost instantly filled my Twitter feed and discussion on multiple email lists. You might have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TV Review: The Newsroom –“Amen”
This week’s The Newsroom episode “Amen” shifts slightly from its focus on the news story, instead using the February 2011 Egyptian protests (and the anti-Scott Walker protests in Wisconsin) as backdrop...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book Review: Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad by David W. Lesch
When Bashar al-Assad became president of Syria upon his father’s death in 2000, many people had high hopes for this young man who gave up his passion for ophthalmology to lead his country. Many...
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New Rioting, Demonstrations in Egypt
Was President Obama wrong to put his faith in Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi? Morsi took the reins as leader of Egypt following the sunrise of the Arab Spring, as human worth, freedom, and democracy became...
View ArticleIn Yemen’s Arab Spring, Crucial to Look Beyond Al Qaeda
Catherine Herridge of Fox News just published a story about the growing threat of Al Qaeda in Yemen. Political instability in Yemen this year, with protesters calling for the removal of President...
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