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Jan 01 2026 
And Then There Was One
… the red bull cried out instead in dismay: “I know I was eaten the day the white bull was eaten.”
By Abdel Bari Atwan at Rai Al Youm.
With whom will the Israeli-American alliance align? And why have the Houthis emerged as the biggest winners? What did “rebel” Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz and President Ali Abdullah… Continue reading -
Aug 03 2025 
How To Live, What To Do
They have all shoehorned themselves into the system, each immersed in an ecology with clear, unspoken rules, taboos, heroes and villains. To be evicted from all that has forced me, daily, to encounter a much larger world, and to be freer than ever.
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Pairing me with Hung… Continue reading
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Aug 02 2025 
Flush, Of Course, Without One Glance Backward
… When an Asian says the American dream is dead, you know we are in deep trouble.
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Six months into the Golden Age of America, manufacturing jobs are down, inflation and unemployment are up, despite fudged numbers, foreign tourists have mostly stayed away, and there are no… Continue reading
