Sepulchre of repeated images / Won’t someone shatter the pure reflection of glass?
Poem: Infinite Regress of War
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Middle East & North Africa
Overpopulation Makes a Mockery of Citizenship
“Countdown” by Alan Weisman: required reading for earthlings.
U.S. Continues to Stand by Bahrain
Chuck Hagel’s paeans to “political reform” in the Gulf must have sounded strange to political prisoners in repressive Bahrain, where he delivered his remarks.
Jordanian Women Who Marry Immigrants Denied Civil Rights
If they marry non-Jordanians, Jordanian women are only granted something called “services rights.”
Reasons To Be Cheerful
Before we get cynical about 2014, let’s recount the good news from 2013: declining U.S. militarism, a resurgence of diplomacy, and a more forceful global discussion about inequality.
U.S. Still Friends With Gulf States Despite Sunni Slaughter of Shia
If Sunnis had been attacking Western targets in large numbers instead of Shia Muslims, it might be a different story.
More Sanctions on Iran = Uranium Enriched to a Higher Grade
Both U.S. members of Congress calling for new Iran sanctions and hard-liners in Iran assault President Rouhani from each side.
Ten Good Things about 2013
2013 had its fair share of bad news, but it was also a year of extraordinary activism.
Hope, History, and Unpredictability
A meditation on history and the long arc of justice.
Is Assad Really a Master Strategist?
Did Syria President Bashar al-Assad really anticipate that atrocities would prevent rather than prompt intervention by the West?