(as prepared for delivery; while Obama gave the speech, he was repeatedly interrupted by a heckler, Medea Benjamin of Code Pink) It’s an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform [...]
(as prepared for delivery; while Obama gave the speech, he was repeatedly interrupted by a heckler, Medea Benjamin of Code Pink) It’s an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform [...]
A dear friend wrote something quite moving on Facebook, to which I’d like to respond publicly (keeping their privacy, of course). They wrote, Over the past week, I have heard many people blame the shooting in Connecticut on (among other [...]
It’s Patriot Day, the anniversary of Black Tuesday, the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 (9-11). Eleven years later, I still feel the need to say something about it, suggesting that on some level I am still not “over it” [...]
The image above is a billboard in Tehran which makes a clumsy case for wearing the hijab – it “protects” the woman like a candy wrapper from the attention of men. The degrading analogy of a woman as a piece [...]
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liberté, égalité, fraternité: pregnant muslim woman in France violently attacked over hijab; loses her baby
posted 7:58:56am Jun. 19, 2013 | read full post »
The Day of Elevation - 27th Rajab
posted 7:52:09am Jun. 05, 2013 | read full post »
Full transcript of President Obama's speech on national security: drones, the war on terror, and Guantanamo
posted 6:11:16am May. 24, 2013 | read full post »
American barbarism, civilization, and decadence (and Star Trek)
posted 3:11:36pm May. 15, 2013 | read full post »
Bishnu Shrestha and the 40 thieves (and one khukuri)
posted 9:56:17am May. 08, 2013 | read full post » |