It is what it is

A friend texted me from India, “Its like Diwali here. People are lighting lamps and setting off fireworks”. Diwali is months away, but a new...

CNN and BBC called it a “terrorist attack”. Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya News called it a “military operation”. Therein lies the contradiction ...

A text popped up on my WhatsApp group. My wife’s cousin asked, “Is it a safe area”. He was referring to a neighborhood around Columbia Unive...

The day I watched in horror, a marauding mob storm the Capitol building, I expected to see smoke rise from its windows. I expected to see ca...

War is a failure of politics and of humanity, a shameful capitulation, a stinging defeat before the forces of evil. — Pope Francis A Ukra...

These days when I drive down a highway or walk down a street, I find my attention drawn to the back of cars to spot if they have tailpipes. ...