Middle East

I'm pretty sure I don't have any smart ideas about what's happening in Afghanistan. I think I know what I'm talking about when it comes to domestic issues like criminal justice, economics, and civil liberties, and I can find trustworthy sources of information about technical subjects such as climate change and epidemiology. But when it comes to foreign policy and Afghanistan, … [Read more...] about Lost in Afghanistan

I did some grocery shopping at lunch today, and on my way back to my car, as I was threading my way through the parking lot, an empty car next to me started rolling forward. Several thoughts ran through my head: Was any part of it going to hit me? What was in it's path? Other cars? People? Could I catch up to the driver's door and try to get in to stop it? --As I was … [Read more...] about Stealth In the Parking Lot

Everyone these days is talking about the unusual ending to The Sopranos. But when it comes to ending a TV series, David Chase can't touch Hazim Al-Sha'arawi. Al-Sha'arawi created Tomorrow's Pioneers a now-cancelled weekly children's television show airing on Al-Aqsa TV, the official television station of Hamas, the (ostensibly former terrorist) organization that now runs … [Read more...] about Hamas Cancels a Children’s Show