News & Politics

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.

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.

It's not enough that Friedman simplifies – he simplifies because he thinks his audience doesn't get complex ideas.

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.

Did anyone attend the war protest in Manhattan this week?  Was it anything like last year? I don't remember much from my experience from the protest when the Repubs came to NY except that it was a) hot b) crowded and c) deliriously funny at times (especially when

Oprah rocks.  With her Angel Lane project to build homes for the displaced by Katrina in Houston, Texas, she has done more publicly than the US govt. ever did.