Political Discourse—Luther Won, But It Wasn’t Worth It
For today’s (lack of) political discourse, I thought it useful to revive a five hundred year old debate regarding religious corruption. In the 1500s, a long running debate took place between two prominent and intellectual European voices: Martin Luther, who changed [...]
Key Point: I Hate the Mask Too
Eschewing social media cacophony, I tend to comment on and offer qualified opinions from my wheelhouse of Middle Eastern political, historical, and religious intrigue. I’d like this once, however, to veer off my preferred topics and offer my $.02 on COVID-19 [...]
Key Points: Abraham Accords – Pyrrhic Victories and Parthian Shots
The big news this week is that Morocco announced its agreement to join a growing list of Arab countries in announcing normalization of ties with Israel. Normalization, of course, is diplomatic speak for establishing relations for countries to engage in political, [...]
Key Points: Two Names
One to remember, that of Samuel Paty, a French teacher murdered October 16 for generating a discussion on freedom of speech for his students two weeks earlier. One to forget, that of Abdoullakh Anzorov, the 18 year old murderer of [...]
The Abraham Accords
Key Points: The small Arabian Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain has followed its larger regional neighbor, the United Arab Emirates, in what diplomats characterize as normalizing of ties with Israel. This is a big deal and a huge feather in the [...]