Category Archives: Other Voices

News you will not see in the New York Times…

As if the New York Times hadn’t already earned enough of a bad reputation for biased reporting…its arrogant behavior in Baghdad will earn it even more. While local merchants struggle to rebuild their stores on Abu Nuwas street near the … Continue reading

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Jonathan Swift is alive and well

I have been working my way through a number of new weblogs every day in my efforts to gain a better perspective on this growing universe of internet authors. Ranging from the certifiably insane to the most erudite and incomprehensible, … Continue reading

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Another Iraqi voice is raised.

Alaa, a middle-aged engineer in Baghdad has created a blog, The Mesopotamian. He writes well and I am looking forward to reading his weblog daily. Thanks to Zeyad for the link.

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Family Values

Parents are under continual pressure to contribute to the organizations their children belong to. At what point is it appropriate to pull back and take a good look at what lessons the children are learning from all of this? Da … Continue reading

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