International Political Will

This week: the number 1 – my last post – and the most obvious one thing I could think of.
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
–Matthew 18:20
My interpreter, Hasib, helped arrange a meeting with Mufti Siddiqie Musleem, Afghanistan’s senior mullah on the Dar [...]

On May 25, I will return to the United States after four years abroad. I am doing a countdown from 10 – starting at 10 and ending with 1 the last week of May when I depart India. And then that’s it – the end. I’ll ride off into the sunset where all the other [...]

On June 2 (in 9 weeks), I will return to the United States after four years abroad. I am doing a countdown from 10 – starting last week at 10, and ending with 1 the first week of June when I depart India. And then that’s it – the end. I’ll ride off into the [...]

The “dumbing down” of the United States seems to be accelerating.
It’s not just the whacko Tea Party folks that have taken Rush Limbaugh’s calls to “wipe them (Democrats/Liberals) out” seriously and think it’s a call to arms (or, perhaps listening to Sarah Palin who said “Don’t retreat – reload”). Because despite the news media’s best [...]

The strategy behind Israel embarrassing the United States with their recent announcement on building new settlements in East Jerusalem doesn’t require much dissection or analysis. The Israel right wing has seen the Obama Administration as an enemy from day one – an administration, they believe, that is inimical to the Israeli state. It’s no wonder [...]