Why the Silence?

Why the prolonged silence, my friends are asking me privately, despite the proliferation of events and developments that should command my attention and response? What? Don’t I have anything to say about the developments in Nahr al-Bared? The assassination of MP Eido? The Hamas take-over in Gaza? Ghadri’s visit to Israel? The establishment of the international tribunal? Don’t these developments warrant some kind of a response from a dedicated opposition figure? Continue reading “Why the Silence?” →

The Absentee Heretic?

Well, not quite, I was actually present elsewhere (Syrian Elector) doing exactly the very thing that I said I will not be doing: doing something extremely cockamamie like monitoring some sham and farcical elections in a backwater Third World country of which I remain proud citizen.

And how can I not be proud? My people have shown that they are far more savvy than all of us pretentious fools speaking on their behalf. They did so by sending a message to the Assads regime that is as unambiguous as any it could ever receive: the people are not happy, not by a long shot. Continue reading “The Absentee Heretic?” →

The Heretic’s Mother, and Other Heretical Notions!

The issue of the recent interview I gave to Ynet continues to generate enough controversy it seems that my mother was finally asked by journalist to weigh in on it. She did so in a brief interview with the website Middle East transparent.

To no one’s surprise, I hope, my Mom refused to disown me, which is always a good thing I guess. Thanks Mom. “My son is free in his political stances.” She also said. “I have never tried to impose any opinion on him.” Very true. Unfortunately though, she has to bear some of the burden associated with my own opinions. Sorry Mom. Continue reading “The Heretic’s Mother, and Other Heretical Notions!” →

Diehard Heretic!

I keep hearing this call ringing my ears these days:

“Will the last democracy activists still standing in the Middle East today, please take a bow and leave the stage? The performance has become too lackluster and is no longer inspiring, and the entire show has become rather boring and dull.”

But, being one of those diehard democracy activists myself, even from my base here in Silver Spring, Maryland, if find it too hard to heed that call, and cannot develop any plans to go gently in that good night. Now, how else can I infuse some drama back to the show?