I had a great long birthday weekend. It was fun even though every time I take the train in the US, I wonder why don't Americans take public transportation more seriously especially in a times when climate change is no longer a joke. In any case, when...

I'm going to be lost in the middle of what I hope will be meaningful and inspiring activities this weekend and at the beginning of the week because Tuesday is my Birthday. So posts might be rare or they might not be for I'm an addict to blogging. I...

Sam Tanenhaeus's latest, The Death of Conservatism is on my must-read list for the end of the year even though I find the title of his book io be a pompous cliché designed to create buzz. Anyway, he is fun to listen to, which I hope means that he will...

Reading this sugary excerpt leaves a bitter taste in my mouth because of my anxious apprehension that it is a sign of things to come for we are in a world where taking offense or crying wolf put a stop to necessary interrogations and deserved...

I agree with Juan Cole on this: There is a sense in which the easy victory that American Special Forces operatives -- allied with the Northern Alliance -- won over the Taliban in fall of 2001 proved a fatal, siren call, inviting Bush and the arrogant...