The Rosebushes of Afghanistan
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As US troops plan their withdraw from Afghanistan by 2016, ending the longest conflict in American history, there are still so many things most Americans…
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Glimmers of Afghan Hope
President Obama went to Afghanistan this week end to spend Memorial Day 2014 with US troops stationed there. He called the men and women who…
More Things
“There are more things, Horatio, in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Hamlet, Act One, William Shakespeare The words of the…
Tribes
When I went to Afghanistan in early 2003 I believed firmly in many things. I believed that right always conquered wrong. I believed the…
Yellow Crepe Paper Roses
When I was eight, or maybe nine, our teacher taught us how to make lovely little roses out of crepe paper. You know, that stretchy…
A Different Way
9/11/2001. The Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Afghanistan. It was a time of rude awakenings and hope. Terrorism had literally…
May Day Thoughts on Afghanistan
A report soon to be released by a special inspector general on Afghanistan purportedly states that corruption is so prevalent that it threatens US reconstruction…
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