Posts Tagged ‘United States’

10 Reasons not to read this

10 Reasons not to read this
1. Let’s start with the obvious: The author is a white male, part of a group whose voice is vastly overrepresented in the media. Instead of reading yet another piece from a white male perspective, why not read something written by those whose voices are either not heard or marginalized. 2. Chances...
January 24th, 2011 | Creative Writing, Talk About Race, The Arts | Read More

Crazy COIN Strategy: US-Pakistani Nuclear Deal

Crazy COIN Strategy: US-Pakistani Nuclear Deal
I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The views expressed below are my own. Our strategy in Afghanistan is pretty bad, but aside from the obvious broken logic of creating peace through war, I wouldn’t...
June 22nd, 2010 | Middle East | Read More