Iran and the U.S.

I attended an excellent teacher workshop today at NYU’s Kevorkian Center on Insights into Today’s Iran.  The first speaker was Arang Keshavarzian, who gave an overview of the current political situation within Iran.  His discussion of the late 1990s and early 2000s reform movement was clear and helpful.  The second speaker was Ervand Abrahamian of [...]

Time for a padded Room

According to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a person with schizophrenia has impairments in his perception of reality.  He often demonstrates disorganized thinking and experiences delusions or hallucinations. 
We now have a good idea what is wrong with President Bush.  Today he claimed that despite one of the most [...]