Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 20, 2024If the ICC had issued arrest warrants only against Israeli officials, Biden would scream that it's biased to issue warrants against Israel but not Hamas. But the ICC (rightly) issued warrants against both, and Biden is screaming that to charge both is a false equivalence and outrageous. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 20, 2024#PoliCartoon: SHEEPLE! Sometimes I just feel like drawing a silly cartoon. :-) There’s a related blog post (link in reply) which features a lot of interesting thoughts from Frank Young about coloring my cartoons. (Frank doesn’t color all my cartoons, but he colors a lot of ‘em.)
- Untitled May 19, 2024#PoliCartoon: You're So Brave, I'd Rather Be Dead
- Untitled May 18, 2024The Biggest Crisis A #PoliCartoon by me and Becky Hawkins.
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Category Archives: International issues
What I’ve Been Reading About Iran
Iran’s Web Censors vs. Google Reader: In the wake of Google’s announcement that it’s going to kill Reader, a fascinating article about the role Reader played in helping Iranians circumvent government censors. Pahlavi Iran and Zionism: An Intellectual Elite’s Short-Lived … Continue reading
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Norooz Pirooz! Eid Moborak! Happy Iranian New Year 2013
It is a tradition in Iran to use the works of the 14th century poet Hafez to tell fortunes. People open a copy of his divan, his collected works, and take the first line of poetry their eye falls on … Continue reading
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Is Hamas Considering Recognition Of Israel? – from Al-Monitor
From a very interesting article by Shlomi Eldar on Al-Monitor, which is a very useful source of information if you follow what’s going on in the Middle East: “Reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah is stuck, because right now the United … Continue reading
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Farid al-Din Attar: A Reading Journal 3
Do you believe in love at first sight? All-consuming, Romeo-and-Juliet, I-cannot-live-withou-you, I-know-just-by-looking-at-you-that-you-are-all-I-will-ever-need-and-so-I-will-give-up-everything-I-have-ever-held-dear-just-to-be-with-you, I-would-even-die-for-you love? I don’t. I never have. Even when I was young enough that the romantic ideal of such a love should have resonated in me, I actually … Continue reading
Attar in Progress: An Officer Falls in Love with a Prince
I’ve been making steady progress working on Ilahi Nama, and I thought it might be interesting to post some of what I’ve done so far. The latest poem of which I have finished the first draft, for example–just about all … Continue reading
“My Face Became Eyes; My Eyes, Hands” – Translation Strategy and Metaphor
I am on sabbatical this semester to work on a translation of Ilahi Nama, The Book of God, by Farid al-Din Attar. I’ve been working on this book in bits and pieces for the past couple of years, producing first … Continue reading
Learning How to Talk to Iran Means Learning to Understand Iranian Culture
This is from a recent op-ed in the New York Times, “How to Talk to Iran,” by Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Mohammad Ali Shabani: For thousands of years, Persian culture has been distinguished by customs that revolve around honor and esteem. … Continue reading
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“Argo” Is a Very Well Made Movie that Ultimately Left Me Cold
We went to see Argo last night, the new movie starring Ben Affleck that is based on Antonio Mendez’ book about his mission to rescue six Americans during the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979-1980. I went expecting to see a Hollywood … Continue reading
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Nicholas Kristof Reports on his Trip Through Iran
I’m glad to see reporting coming out of Iran (here and here, both by Nicholas Kristoff) that is based on a journalist’s first-hand encounters with ordinary Iranians. It’s not just that it’s important for readers in the United States to … Continue reading
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For Obama, if you’re male and near a terrorist, that makes you guilty. So die.
From a New York Times article about the US’s killer drone program: Mr. Obama embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in. It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone … Continue reading
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