August 2006

The Archives

politics
Weblogs and Mainstream Media on the Israel/Lebanon War
08.26.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

For much of the Israeli war against Lebanon, mainstream media painstakingly avoided laying blame where it so squarely lay: at Israel’s door. In fact, many organizations pointed out discrepancies in their (the media’s) insistence that the conflict was sparked by Hezbollah, when in fact, the Israel Occupation Forces had violated the Blue Line over 11,000 [...]
politics
A letter to Shaukat Aziz
08.26.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Dear Prime Minister,
I’ve been following the debates over the “lack of democracy” in Pakistan, and how the General’s position as President is “unconstitutional”. I have lived here since 1985, and while I missed the worst years of Zia’s rule, I did, unfortunately, live through all 11 years of Democratic rule. Please, please, do not allow [...]
politics
A Hallmark of Hypocrisy
08.22.06 | Permalink | Comment?

American Foreign Policy, the evil that supports dictators and tyrants in third world countries, remains unchanged regardless of which party is in power: for almost 60 years, Democrats and Republicans have battled over the most superficial aspects of their foreign policy: overt or covert. The basics remain the same - in order to remain a [...]
civics and society
The Difference of One Person
08.21.06 | Permalink | Comment?

I keep reading articles in the paper about some section of Karachi where the rain has caused gutters and sewage lines to overflow, and that water is stagnant and not draining away from the roads, the open plots, filling up basements and underground water tanks. Communities are sending in letters to the papers, “please clean [...]
design
Celebrating Life in a Shopping Cart
08.20.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Karachi, Pakistan - Summer 2006
The bilboards were supposed to have come down by now. Instead, we’re celebrating life in a shopping cart, in big letters on a green field, and amir’s filling his shopping cart with giant TV’s and telling us this is how to earn spiritual freedom. Doesn’t this offend anyone? 30 new channels [...]