Kissing Iranian Style
I know many of us have dates where the guy/girl goes in for the kiss and you turn slightly as to avoid direct lip contact. They catch a cheek usually, or the corner of the lip. Awkward. What if your...
View ArticleIran’s Trajectory
What does Ahmadinejad’s inauguration really mean? Does this mean the voice of the opposition will be silenced? That he is now President and the world will move on from what has taken place over the...
View ArticleShe Said What?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Nairobi on August 6 (State Dept.) Did Secretary Clinton make another gaffe, or am I blowing it out of proportion? Iranian news publications certainly seem to be...
View ArticleMore TV and Less Sex? Ask the Sexologist…
On World Population Day, India’s new health and welfare minister had an idea…a way to solve India’s over population problem…bring more electricity to rural India, not to provide basic neccesities, but...
View ArticleLaura Ling and Euna Lee: Hostages of the Hermit Kingdom — latimes.com
A note from my colleagues Laura and Euna… We arrived at the frozen river separating China and North Korea at 5 o’clock on the morning of March 17. The air was crisp and still, and there was no one else...
View ArticleObama + Education = Socialism??
I was watching a CBS news piece on Obama’s education speech and at one point they cut to a soundbite where a guy says “I will not let my kids watch this speech…in an Orwellian kind of way they’re...
View ArticlePresident Ahmadinejad’s Oversize Chair
In watching Ann Curry’s partial interview with Iran’s President Ahmadinejad, I learned, well, very little. I learned Ann Curry looks like she could pass for an Iranian woman ( a halfy), I have...
View ArticleTo Sanction or not to Sanction…
A scene from Iran's army day parade in April 2008 (Majid/Getty) To sanction or not to sanction? The question of the week, the summer, or the year. Economic sanctions on Iran seemed like more of a...
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