An ugly and jarring reminder
There it was, posted on a light pole outside my house -- a flier that made my heart skip a few beats. "The KKK Wants you. The Loyal White Knights…
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July 16, 2014
A Romeo and Juliet love story from Iraq
I met Mike when sectarian strife exploded in Baghdad in 2006. That was not his real name, of course, but it was what he went by in his job as…
June 30, 2014
Remembering Ramadi as Iraq suffers again
I fought off tears as I read Sunday's New York Times. The news from Iraq was horrifying. A vicious civil war seems imminent as fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq…
June 16, 2014
No longer one
India now has a 29th state. Telangana. It was six decades in the making, the fruit of a strong separatist movement that argued neglect by successive governments and finally succeeded…
June 2, 2014
'I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise, I rise, I rise'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcSVxNafit8 I met Maya Angelou in 1983. I worked for the Center for Participant Education at Florida State University and we had invited Angelou to speak on campus. I went with…
May 28, 2014
Memorial Day is not National BBQ Day
Occasionally, I pick up my iPhone and am pleasantly surprised to see an incoming call from a soldier I met in Iraq. The other night, it was Mike Brown,…
May 25, 2014
India's day of reckoning
By Friday afternoon, everything should become clear. Who did more than 500 million voters choose to lead India? India's day of reckoning is here. Election results will be announced soon.…
May 15, 2014
Looking like change in India
Today was the last day of polling in India's mammoth parliamentary elections. Five weeks of voting; Nine polling days; 814 million eligible voters; 543 Lok Sabha (lower House) seats. From…
May 12, 2014
Hotel Death
My story on a home for the dying in Varanasi, India, came out on CNN.com today. I spent a week reporting in the fabled holy city and was fascinated by its…
April 25, 2014
Vivian Maier: An unsolved puzzle
I saw a remarkable film this past weekend. "Finding Vivian Maier." If you get a chance, see it. It's well worth your times. Vivian was an enigma. A puzzle that…
April 14, 2014
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