5 Reasons not to give up on the Middle East

Counting backwards: #5: The Arab Spring is real. Democracy, freedom, human rights, all take time. Look at America. The modern USA began (arguably) in 1776 with Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence. Remember that it took us almost 100 years to allow black men to...

Jesus?

The longer I live, and the more I think – I mean, really think…it seems like “religion” is a scam. Yes, Yes, I know. It all depends on how I define religion. If we agree that we’d let the majority in the world define it – then...

My Most Embarrassing Moment

Recently one of our kids told me that if I ever wrote an autobiography I should call it “Fertilizing the Middle East: WMD’s and International Incidents of Diarrhea,” or something like that. I must have more stories of loose bowels in inappropriate places and with the...