What a great adventure!
Here we are, it is the end of 2013 and it seems some highly critical decisions/ actions our government made have been bungled. The first is the Affordable Care Act/ healthcare.gov site. Saying that the rollout for enrollment was a … Read More »
It has been quite sometime since I’ve posted a blog entry. There’s no excuse for this, as there has been lots to write. Rather than writing about travel and other events in life, I recently read a very interesting article … Read More »
I just finished receiving a bunch of emails from friends around the world about how The University of Texas’ Center for Middle Eastern Studies has cancelled a book which was scheduled to be published this month. Most of the emails … Read More »
I’ve been reading a bunch of articles and seeing a few videos as they relate to the Middle East. With the impending push by Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen of the Palestinian Authority) requesting statehood at the UN, I wonder … Read More »
I don’t normally write political rants on my blog, but I find the latest news (Boston Globe, Reuters and The Telegraph) ridiculous that Turkey has expelled Israel’s ambassador and is cutting their military agreements with Israel over the recently leaked … Read More »
Susie and I have been following the terrible suffering in Haiti. We can’t begin to imagine the pain and horrors the people there are experiencing. They are just unbelievable. Coupled with the immediate shock of the disaster, we have been … Read More »
With my travels through Europe and much of the UK, I have been thinking a lot about what I hear on the street. I have been surprised by how many Taxi drivers want to engage in conversation about the US … Read More »