2.7 million Americans have served in Iraq, Afghanistan
Have American tax payers got their money’s worth? In early October the Afghan war will be 17 years old. What’s been gained by the West intervening? Would Afghanistan be better off now if they’d been...
View Articleunderrated Casablanca
Marrakesh is packed with tourists from around the world. The streets are filled with touts and conmen trying to separate them from their money. A Canadian I met had his phone stolen from a cargo pants...
View Articletravel OPENS your EYES
Nas is a travel vlogger. One of the best. He’s ending this series of 1000 episodes in a few days. Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.
View ArticlePeace on Earth – One Love
Hundreds of Christians, Jews and Muslims came together at the Tower of David in Jerusalem to sing Bob Marley’s “One Love” in Hebrew, English and Arabic. 1,000 Strangers – Christians, Jews, And Muslims...
View ArticleI Am Malala with Christina Lamb
If you want to know more about life in Pakistan I recommend this autobiography of a teenager. If you want to know more about the plight of girls and women in extremist Muslim nations, this is the book....
View Article21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Harari
Having dealt with the distant past in Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011) and with the distant future in Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2016), Harari turns in 21 Lessons his attention...
View ArticleTehran (TV series)
One nation I’ve always wanted to visit is Iran. Westerners love it there. A new TV series on Apple TV+ gives a glimpse of Tehran. I’m sure the religious leadership there has condemned it. It’s very...
View ArticleNever by Ken Follett
As a teenager I loved Follett’s World War II thriller, “Eye of the Needle” (1974). Follett got even more famous writing historical fiction: Kingsbridge Series ➙ Century Trilogy. In 2021 he published a...
View ArticleThe Nine Lives of Pakistan by Declan Walsh
I’ve never been to Pakistan. But am keen to go as there is terrific hiking in the Himalaya. I read this excellent book as research. Sadly, in terms of progress, India has done far better since...
View Article2024’s Top Geopolitical Risks
January 2024. I’ve been trying to avoid coverage of Gaza — as it’s so depressing. In fact, I gave up on that issue decades ago concluding that successive Israeli governments were horrible — and...
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