Twentysomething
Go Joe!
No, not G.I. Joe. Biden has entered the presidential race. He may have less press, but for now, I really like his candidacy. You can read more about his views on this website.
News & Politics
News & Politics
Warrantless Mail Searches
So Bush has quietly attached a provision to a piece of legislation that allows the executive branch (i.e. him) to open mail without warrants. It's of course tied to the 'War on Terrorism'. Freedom, someone has said, has always been taken away in increments. First
Twentysomething
Au Revoir Saddam
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
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Loosed Dude
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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Political jambalaya
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?
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Fear-Mongering
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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The Middle East: End of an Era
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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Another day another bomb
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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Oh Falwell, how you amuse and terrify me
Well, golly. I didn't know that God was a Republican. And that he favors and talks to bigots and medicine men!
News & Politics
Clintonian Legacy
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
The Shrinking World
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
A Block Away
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.