Archive for September, 2006



View from the Crown Center

On Wednesday (6 Sept), I attended this year’s inagural event of the Brandeis University Crown Center for Middle East Studies, a panel discussion titled, “The Hezbollah-Israel War: What’s Next?” The panel consisted of Shai Feldman, director of the Crown Center, Dr. Abdel Monem Said Aly, a Senior Fellow of the Crown Center and director […]

Letter to my brother

The following is a letter I sent to my younger brother (and mother) in light of it being his final year of high school. Financially constrained, he has considered military options to help pay for, or to provide, his education.
These are some accounts of US soldiers who have deserted after serving in […]