On Iraq

Currently Watching War Photographer By James Nachtwey, Christiane Amanpour, Hans-Hermann Klare, Christiane Breustedt, Des Wright (II), Denis O’Neill see related  Stratford, NJ I was never really for the Iraq war, but now I feel guilty that, before it all started, I wasn’t more vocally against it.  I’ve always liked our idea of a republic–a country [...]

On English

http://observer.american.edu/040506/immigration_040506.html Mish sent me that editorial, and it really pissed me off.  Even though languages aren’t one of my strengths, I’m a big fan of multilingualism, and this kind of chauvinism is one of my pet peeves. I’ll critique it line-by-line, because I’m a loser like that. For Spanish, Press One In Immigration Battle, English [...]

Living up to expectations

SILVER SPRING, MD, USA What kind of blogger would I be if I didn’t talk about the election? Just the kind of blogger I am! So, yea, four more years. No, I’m not happy, but that’s life. As much as I’m not a fan of Bush, I could deal with him if not for some [...]

Decision 2004

SILVER SPRING, MD, USA People keep asking me what it’s like to be in Washington at election time, and my response is always the same: it’s really not much different than being anywhere else. Everyone is really aware and interested in the campaigns, obviously, but you really don’t walk down the street and hear people [...]

On the down-low

MARLTON, NJ, USA This time two summers ago, I was selling bathtubs in the middle of the Deptford Mall. Have I moved up or down in life since then? Anyway, I had a lot of time to read at the mall, so I kept up with the local news pretty well. Usually, I just follow [...]

Fahrenheit 9/11

MARLTON, NJ, USA On the way out of the theater where I saw “Fahrenheit 9/11″ someone remarked “people are sheep.” While I wouldn’t neccessarily disagree with that, being lead to that conclusion by “Fahrenheit 9/11″ is more than a little paradoxical. I really am glad this movie is out there. I think it’s wonderful that [...]