Quote of the week: “This is the time for some hurtful truths.” — Stephen Philip Cohen, Preface, The Future of Pakistan Appreciations of a life well lived deserve to be in the present tense. A body fails. A spirit released from human lament leaves this earthly plane. But a person’s good works live on. Family …
Norm Building and Tear Downs
by | 2019-10-27 | 4 Comments
Lyric of the week: We’re all skating on the thinnest of ice Gotta take it as it comes In a world that isn’t so very nice Gotta take it as it comes Any day now the curtain may fall All the plays end, there’s no curtain call If you live sad, or it you walk …
Crocodiles, Technocrats and Commanders
by | 2019-10-25 | No Comments
Revisiting the 2011 Bidganeh explosion. If there is one thing that sanctions-hit Iran does not currently lack, it’s controversies. Ranging from high-profile corruption scandals to mysterious (or not so mysterious) drone attacks, limpet mines and radioactive warehouses, there is a cornucopia of high-drama developments competing for the world’s and the country’s media attention. Somewhat surprisingly, …
Scratching Erdogan’s Nuclear Itch
by | 2019-10-22 | No Comments
News media reporters can be counted on to scratch their Country X-is-going-nuclear itch whenever its armed forces burst across its borders, and this week was no exception following Turkey’s invasion of Syria. On October 22 the New York Times went over the top in headlining that President Recip Tayyip Erdogan “says he wants nuclear weapons” …
