Things are Changing

(this post was written by Kyle on July 10, 2009, and it concerns & )

A little tid-bit before the storm.

Best Links of 2007: January

(this post was written by Kyle on November 28, 2007, and it concerns & & & & & )

As often as possible, I provide links and summations to the best of that day’s web. The links are filed them away in a little category called “Asides” and they get stuck in the sidebar on the homepage, in a box titled “Links of the Day.” Over the course of this year, I’ve linked to [...]

Nearing Mactan: Somalia

(this post was written by Kyle on September 18, 2006, and it concerns & & & )

“In these unsettling times,” Nuruddin Farah writes, “Everyone’s fate, actions, dreams, hates, and aspirations were seen, understood, and interpreted in stark political contexts; distrust was the order of the day, and everyone was suspicious of everybody else…. In a civil war, there were no progressives and no reactionaries; everyone was a victim, seldom a culprit.”
In [...]