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Recent Observations

Wednesday, December 26, 2007
- Recently, one of my men here told me that his family had spent two thousand dinars for a camel that was offed during the Aid el Kabir celebrations. Two thousand dinars? That's like the price of a used car. Imagine killing your car and roasting the spark...

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The Peace Corps Revisited

Monday, December 17, 2007
My life in the Peace Corps will always go down in my personal history as one of my sturdiest, most immovable ...

Voices in Jordan

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The first thing that you will notice about Jordanians, or Arabs in general for that matter, is that they are very soft ...

Salesmen

Tuesday, December 04, 2007
"Salesmen! I hate Salesmen!" - Pee Wee Herman, among billions of people Disregard the fact that this is the year ...

People are People (and when to shoot them like Dogs)

Saturday, December 01, 2007
In the US and elsewhere, people know what 'justifiable homicide' means. Without consulting the legal world here, it is ...

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