Burkhas, Bikinis, and Other Lies
“You're in deep doo-doo now," was my 6th grade math teacher's favorite expression, the one that signaled a mini-Apocalypse in the form of a D grade, or a detention, or a shrill call to the parents...
Notes from Amman Surgical Hospital– November 9, 2005
As soon as we entered Amman Surgical Hospital, the depth of the tragedy engulfed us. To my right, a young man slouched in a chair, surrounded by friends. A veiled woman, who could have been his...
It’s the Movies, Stupid!
George W. Bush won for a simpler reason than all political pundits would like to admit. It has nothing to do with the economy, security, Iraq , gay marriage or moral values – all highly...
Who Would Jesus Bomb?
Quick memo to the good ol' folks that drive straight from church to the pro-war rally in their starred and striped S.U.V.'s: You are total idiots. Oh, I am sorry. I doubt even you would have an easy...
RUMSFELD MUST GO
If George W. Bush wants Arabs to believe a word he says, then big heads should quickly start rolling in his administration. Starting with Donald Rumsfeld, who played down the torture incidents with...
Whatever Gets You Through the Night
By now, most people have seen the images of war-crimes that went on in the Abu Ghraib prison. This is Rush Limbaugh's response to the torture, as tactful and intelligent as always: ”This is no...
Wet Dreaming, Sort Of
On Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Dreamers” Decadence is good for you. Take your decadence like you take your vitamins. I understood this whilst freezing my bum off outside a Canadian Cineplex,...
Son and Heir
It was lovely for a while I thought he had it in him To do somersaults in the sky And land with a jubilant whoosh In a field of marshmallows pink and white I believed he could race against the wind...
An Open Letter to the American People
To all Americans who have been horrified by the dreadful scenes of the charred and mutilated bodies of their fellow countrymen and women dragged through the streets and hung from bridges in Iraq , I...
On Virginity
“What IS virginity?” I first knew that different people would answer this question differently as I rode down an escalator in a German shopping mall a few years ago; my friend turned toward me...