by Qaisar Shareef | Apr 9, 2017 | Qaisar Shareef, When Tribesmen Came Calling
The US missile attack on the airbase in Syria made memories of my 2010 trip to that beautiful country rush back to my mind. The Syria that I saw, the beautiful winding lanes of the old city of Damascus, all the ancient sites around the city, are no longer the way I...
by Ethan Casey | Mar 7, 2017 | Alive and Well in Pakistan, Pakistan, USA
There’s so much being forced on our attention right now that you (or I) might easily have missed the news about Khizr Khan having to cancel his trip to Toronto to give a speech. And so much that is happening is unprecedented and astonishing that you (or I) might have...
by Qaisar Shareef | Mar 4, 2017 | Economy and business, Pakistan, USA, When Tribesmen Came Calling
In the Trump administration’s first month alone, dozens of executive orders were signed and much was said about reversing Obama-era policies. What remains to be seen is where this administration will actually head in terms of its economic philosophy and...
by David Howell | Mar 3, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness, USA
This winter, I taught a course in Current Affairs. As per the course description, it is designed to “encourage students to keep themselves informed about problems at the local, national, and international levels and to develop a critical attitude toward those...
by Ethan Casey | Jan 31, 2017 | Ethan Casey, Home Free, US, USA
First of all, note that there is no question mark in my title. What happens when politics breaks down is what all of us in the United States are currently living through, in real time. In July 1997 I was an eyewitness to an actual, unambiguous coup d’etat in...