Learning Nationalism

Sitting in a taxi on the way home from a night out, I began chatting up the taxi driver. His accent, although thick, didn’t resound with the same almost melodic wish-wash that Scandinavian dialects tend to have. Instead, my driver was from the Middle East – Lebanon to be exact – and while he explained [...]

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Europe: The Key to Preserving the American Dream

[NOTE: The following introduction is almost identical to that of the previous post. It was first written, however, for the following class assignment on US-China-EU relations.]
The American Dream; white picket fence, Chevy parked confortably in the driveway, patriotism and the Red, White and Blue. It’s the ideal family setting that has been epitomized in countless [...]

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The American Dream Revisited

The American Dream; the white picket fence, Ford or Chevy parked comfortably in the driveway and dinner served by the time the male breadwinner comes home from work. It was the ideal family setting for most throughout much of 20th century United States and has been epitomized in countless films, novels and the like.
It has [...]

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Sarko L’Américain

Head over to The New York Times website. In the search engine, type one word: Sarkozy. And in the first 10 search results that appear, notice how many times the French President’s personal life is mentioned: divorce, ex-wife, suing gossip magazines, Carla Bruni, etc. Seven. His personal life is mentioned a total of seven times [...]

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From Foes to Friends – And Back Again

November 4, 1979: Some students attempted to talk with us, stating how they didn’t hate Americans – only our US government, President Carter, etc. […] From then on, our hands were tied day and night and only removed while we were eating or had to go to the bathroom.
July 24, 1980: I asked him again [...]

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Be Afraid

Be very afraid…

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