America and the World

The past two days have been a wakeup call about how America is becoming seen by the rest of the world. Despite all the rhetoric of Ahmadinejad’s speech at the UN, he also raised some serious questions about the unhealthy influence of the US over the UN Security Council and the willingness of the [...]

Five Years

I haven’t thought about 9/11 much the last few days.  I just returned from Egypt, and I’ve spent most of time simply trying to stay awake and get over my jet lag.  I always find that the jet lag affects me far more when I get home than when I fly somewhere else.  But this [...]

Steve Irwin and Cairo

This is my last week in Cairo, and I’ve been completely wrapped up in learning the Arabic names for fruits and vegetables and finishing up a lot of work for the school year.  As always I’ve been following the news, but I haven’t felt strong enough about anything to blog about it.  But I have [...]