Jordan’s ‘Last Best Chance’
No, really – I kid not. It’s been a long time coming, but the personal memoir of Abdullah – scheduled …
Monthly Archives: December 2009
The Bells of Moral Ambiguity
There are certain questions that no number of PhDs nor years ensconced between the leaves of books can sate. Today …
When The Dylan Saved Christmas
For the first time in years I am feeling distinctly unGrinchy – and I suspect this must be why: Between …
In An Ideal World…
…this would be on billboards across the country: Of course, we wouldn’t also have the corresponding raging problem of obesity …
Needed: Lapdancing Researcher
I love it when these jobs emerge from time to time in academia – there was a similar instance a …
The Good, Cohesive Old Days
I tell a lie – the second book is a little gem and while it scores less on the academic …
Catholicisms vs. Protestantisms
Only 600 more words to go and the infernal review of two books summoning collectively the charisma and pertinence of …
Feast, Be Merry… But Keep Your Hands Off
Is the general message after an Eid Al-Adha that has thrown to light some alarming figures: The Egyptian media reported that …
Twitter: The Next Conflict Frontier
One of the fastest evolving and most fascinating aspects of modern-day conflict is the role the new media technologies assume. …
