- In our struggle to even things out, to bring a measure of justice into our lives, we should always be aware that the odds are against us. 4:28 PM May 24th
- Describing an ugly reality is not the same as endorsing it. We have to know what we are dealing with here. Freedom is not easily achieved. 4:32 PM May 24th
- Life is not just. Freedom is not a given. We have to fight hard to get where we want, and have to remain true to who we are in the process. 4:43 PM May 24th
- As the world unravels into multipolarity, peace and security, for many, become more hollow as concepts, and more untenable as realities. 3:43 AM May 25th
- Ours is an age of many fast-paced transformations, too far reaching, too overwhelming, the violent atavistic backlash is already unfolding. 3:56 AM May 25th
- Too many conflicts to manage. Too many players trying. Too many conflicting agendas. Too much hate, anger around. Too few enlightened leaders. about 6 hours ago
- In life, you have to pick your fights, not whether to fight. The good news: you have some leeway when it comes to choosing your methods. about 6 hours ago
- Not for a moment can we afford to rest comfortably knowing that the quality of our life is based on ignoring the suffering of others. 26 minutes ago
- A world where ambition is a crime and submission is a virtue is not a world that deserves peace, it is not a world that can deliver peace. less than a minute ago
- Obama urges Myanmar to release Aung San Suu Kyi. Why can’t he do the same for Riad Seif, Kamal Labwani and other Syrian dissidents? 9:57 AM May 27th
- Nuclear “rights,” bellicose rhetoric, succession crises, security, stability, senility, peace talks… Oh, I fell warm all over. 12:01 PM May 27th
- There is nothing more dangerous than dictators in the twilight of their existence. And don’t we have a few! We’re just lucky I guess. 12:07 PM May 27th
- To some, the pipe dream that is peace is more important than the pipe dream that is freedom. Meanwhile the pipe dream that is hope is dying. 12:45 PM May 27th
- Pipe dreams and hookahs, the staple diet in the Glorious Muddle East (sic) are proving insufficient to help us believe in anything anymore. 1:01 PM May 27th
- Yes, for all my cynicism I am a democracy activist. And I do believe in the “pipe” dreams of peace, hope and freedom. Why? Well, why not? 2:55 PM May 27th
- Those who think that peace can be achieved at the expense of freedom will only contribute to the prolongation and escalation of conflicts. 3:53 PM May 28th
- Peacemaking and democracy promotion in the ME have to go hand in hand, otherwise no deal will be possible or durable. 4:28 PM May 28th
- Status quo beneficiaries in the ME are more interested in getting another piece of the action than in peace-making per se. 4:56 PM May 28th
- The saying did not go “Give me liberty, or give me peace.” You simply can’t have one without the other. Not for long anyway. 5:10 PM May 28th
- The Freedom Agenda is perhaps that part of Bush’s legacy that Obama cannot and should not abandon. It made sense then, it makes sense now. 5:34 PM May 28th
- As beneficiary of the civil rights movement in his country, Obama will look particularly bad should he turn his back on the freedom agenda. 5:45 PM May 28th
- We need Obama to speak in support of liberty in the ME in his address to the Muslim World in Cairo. It’s as simple as that. Will he deliver? 5:58 PM May 28th
- Obama should avoid the condescending temptation of telling us how great our ancestors were, and should stick to our not so glorious present. 6:10 PM May 28th
- Obama should address the peoples of the Muslim World first and foremost, and should beware of lumping them with their leaders as one entity 6:14 PM May 28th
- If history showed us anything it’s that we are all equally screwed up irrespective of the faiths we profess. 8:54 PM May 28th
