When the international media focuses mainly on elections in African countries and the Tibet issue, you know it’s been a really slow news week. Sad, but true, no?

Don’t get me wrong. I love Amman. But there are times when this city induces claustrophobia and therein lies the urge to get out in search of greener pastures. Luckily it’s spring time. So all you really need is some tea in a thermos, a camera, a tank full of gas, and a willingness to [...]

Here’s a selection of my delicious pickings for this week: Hilary Death Watch Update: Hilary drops from 12% to a 9% chance of winning the Democratic nomination on Slate’s Death Watch. From Barack endorsements and superdelegates lead, Slate boils down what went wrong for Hilary this past week. USA 2008: The Great Depression: Food stamps [...]

Here’s a selection of my delicious pickings for this week: Some Politicking: – The Unpopular Hilary: Nicholas Kristoff has an interesting oped in the New York Times on how Hilary will have to drop out if she can’t win the popular vote over Obama. The article is timely considering Senator Casey’s endorsement of Obama that [...]

“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.” – Herman Melville I’ve been thinking about Melville’s words lately as they relate to the human species. I’ve been thinking how we are all inevitably connected, yet craze isolation. We disconnect ourselves, detach ourselves from the common norms of social [...]

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. – Charles A. Beard

…when all the water fountains on all the major traffic circles are working: mildly important person, e.g. Foreign Ministers …when all the water fountains on all the major traffic circles are working, and security at the Four Seasons is increased: pretty important person, e.g. Conddie Rice …when all the water fountains on all the major [...]

While everyone waits with bated breath the results of today’s deadly primaries in the US, here are a few del.icio.us pickings I’ve been reading these past couple of days: – A Rose By Any Other Name: An Iranian court has ordered a man to give his wife the 124,000 roses that he promised in her [...]