The veiling of women in Islam is a strange cultural imbed (Shams might say meme) that I would not presume to understand or explain. There seems to be good and bad in it. Women who support it and women who object.

They are not be blamed. Its the age old customs that have made them believe that to marry 8yr old or 10 yr old is alright. The Sharia Laws needs revision.

Twitter is too one-sided for my comfort. I miss the balanced coverage that non-American media can provide. Try assuming that the Iranian elections were not rigged and see where that takes you

Syria will always be targeted as long as it supports Hizbollah and as long as it continues its hostile policies towards Israel. The recent attacks on the alleged nuclear sites on probably fabricated excuses was one such attempt.

I met a guy in California last year who came from South Africa. He was not proud of his country despite South Africa being the most powerful and presumably the model for democracy and equality. He was worried about South Africa's foreign policies, he was...