Tag: Iraq

On the Brighter Side of Things

After yesterday’s post on violence, and a friend’s comment about it, how about we now feast on something compelling and uplifting? Yes: how about something more on the bright side of life? *  *  * Let’s start with the stock market: it’s doubled since March 9, 2009. So, if you’ve […]

On the Occasion of September the 11th, 2006: A Reflection on Power

Five years on, all of us remember back. For me it is the sound of the sadly-NPR-departed Bob Edwards wafting up through my pillow speaker (a piece of technology that has vastly improved my marriage) saying in a very calm voice and not, apparently, as part of a breaking-in-to-tell-you-some-breaking-news sort […]