Nixon’s final years as president sucked for Nixon. As the Watergate scandal intensified, the president can hardly be blamed for having reached for a drink. But apparently, the situation was so bad that when Nixon fell victim to growing bouts of insomnia and fits of drunken rage, some Washington insiders started taking bets on when […]
On the morning of the election, I called a family member to discuss the day ahead. I knew this family…
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The hour is late on a Friday night. You’re fast asleep, exhausted from many long hours in the…
The general stood on the battlefield before his army. He was draped in lion skin with a club in hand. Under a beaming sun touched by the shadows of his 100 thousand men, enemy troops could be forgiven for mistaking him as Hercules incarnate. His men outnumbered 3 to 1 — the general, already celebrated in song as a six-time Olympic…
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The work of America’s diplomatic corps has always captivated me. Protecting American interests by…
Last night, I realized I am living a dystopian novel. While rinsing and re-soaking rags to line the…
Coming up on the deadline for an assignment I could feel steam coming out my ears. Run. Error. Run.…
They came at night. Masked gunmen first broke down the door of his home, and then threw his wife to the…
On August 4, a massive explosion devastated Beirut’s port and the surrounding area. My corner of the…
In Jammu, the day starts quite early for Mohammad Faisal, a Rohingya refugee. The 24-year-old Faisal…
It is my son’s fifth birthday party and I am with my mother, wife and three sets of parents trying to…