Man, someone should have given trainee journalist Dilpazier Aslam a quiet word of advise before allowing him to pen an article in the Guardian which I hope he will come to regret in years to come–with the benefit of hindsight, wisdom, and a bit of common sense. Read More→

My site can’t cope with all the comments! I’ve opened a new post here for everyone who wants to add their voice.

I have been preoccupied over the past few days with a tangle of questions and thoughts connected by the London bombing. Not thoughts of the why they did it, how they did it, or who did it variety. I have been wondering why and how this has affected me. Selfish, I know. But also, it is the only way I can feel myself a part of this whole, sorry situation.

My thoughts and ideas about the War on Terror, US Foreign Policy, and European Foreign Policy (if it can be called or characterized as such) has been in a state of flux for the past six months or longer. It is no coincidence that the last four books to enter my apartment were Peter Bergen’s Holy War Inc, Christopher Hitchens’ Love, Poverty, and War, Scott Anderson’s The Man Who Tried to Save the World, and Bob Dylan’s Chronicles (Chronicles, the exception, I hope proves the rule).

Warning: there follows a list of gratuitous admissions. Read More→