International Political Will

(Change of plans – departure date has been moved up one week, so I’ve skipped #6.) 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 [...]

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 [...]

Going by FOX News and their cadre of extremist Judeo-Christian ideologues that pose as “journalists” (Bill Kristol, Sarah Palin, Karl Rove, et. al.), one might believe certain myths are true:

Islam is a violent religion.
Muslims are terrorists (but not Joe Stack).

Isolated in the U.S., where contact with Muslims is rare (or non-existent), it’s difficult to find [...]

Once again, Mumbai proved that letting a few voices in the media frame our values and fears is not the way to live peaceably with 20 million neighbors. It’s a lesson that, in a globalized world, the rest of us would do well to learn.
Shahrukh Khan, or SRK as he is often referred to for [...]