Something has been nagging me ever since Condoleeza Rice categorized the recent violence between Hezbollah and Israel as the “birth pangs of a new Middle East.” I like the language of the analogy, but it set me thinking. We are seeing changes in the Middle East, for sure, and the Middle East in a hundred [...]
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“Birth pangs”? Are we sure it isn’t “death throes”? (Part One)
Posted in Middle East, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture on 23 August, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Negotiating with terrorists and the terrible twos
Posted in Middle East, Off With Her Head, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, tagged islamism, society, terrorism on 15 August, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Are we smart enough to win the “War on Terror”? Has the very term, “War on Terror,” set us up for failure before we even embarked? It seems to me that eradicating Islamism’s guerrilla and terrorist tactics will only be possible if we come to better understand human development, on both an individual and global [...]
Have a nice #*@%ing day!
Posted in Education, Society & Culture on 3 August, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Here I am, gearing up for another year of teaching for a major metropolitan public school system, wondering what the year will bring. I look forward to meeting my new students, to getting into the rhythm of a new year of learning. As the summer quickly comes to an end, I am reminded that I have [...]
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