Twentysomething
I don't get the whole brouhaha about Saddam Hussein's verdict and impending execution. I take that back. I don't get the decision behind all these pronouncements that the dude's gonna kick it. First it was oooh, he's guilty. Then it
News & Politics
Woohoo -- I come home to Texas and guess what is the big news on TV? A serial rapist of young men is on the loose in Houston. Makes me wish I was still on the road. Third world countries are so much safer. Interesting stat: 1 in 33 men
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Shit – how am I going to explain to the JFK guys that all those flights between Cairo and Istanbul was only because I needed to use my miles to get back to the States?
News & Politics
Ah, pandering to the lowest common denominator to your most rabid supporters. With no fear of opposing views, the Bush-Cheney axis of tragi-comic-politic can finally resort to their age old just 'cry wolf' and gay bashing tactics, with golden morsels like: "However they put it, the Democrat
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Great article on the Middle East from the Foreign Affairs. An excerpt: Just over two centuries since Napoleon's arrival in Egypt heralded the advent of the modern Middle East -- some 80 years after the demise of the Ottoman Empire, 50 years after the end of colonialism, and
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Couple of grenades tossed into a Turkish cafe in Izmir – about two weeks from where I was on this jaunt. Ah. Where next? Fun times.
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Well, golly. I didn't know that God was a Republican. And that he favors and talks to bigots and medicine men!
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For all the stories that get press, from political to celebrity to athlete stupidities – this one looks to have a major impact on how the human condition will develop in the next decade.
Twentysomething
Much of the world is in shit, isn't it? If you had a map, and if you lit spots in the world where there's violence, I think the round ball of mud would light up like a jack-o-lantern.
Travels
I was going to visit the theatre today, arriving in Amman in the morning – except at the time of this incident, I was passed out in my hostel, one block away from the theatre, from the heat.
News & Politics
It's not enough that Friedman simplifies – he simplifies because he thinks his audience doesn't get complex ideas.
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As a country, what's our philosophy? I've yet heard clear cut arguments from either side. Fact: immigration is and will continue to increase, no matter the govt's best efforts at curbing it.