When the news broke on Sunday about the death of Osama bin Laden (after pulling myself out of the black hole that is Twitter in…

Continue reading → FYI: This Blog is Not About bin Laden (The Mantle)

I had the opportunity this past week to participate in an interview for the All Education Matters blog. C Crynn Johannsen is starting a great…

Continue reading → Living Abroad: Returning to Korea (AEM Interview)

With what might best be described as a Season of Revolution currently unfolding in the Middle East and North Africa, questions have begun to arise…

Continue reading → Sovereignty: It’s not just theoretical

This past January, I wrote a post asking whether perhaps it was time for the creation of the position of Secretary of Humanity. This question…

Continue reading → Do We Already Have a Secretary of Humanity (The Mantle)

For a while now, I have struggled with what I have recently decided to refer to as the Humanitarian Conundrum. This conundrum involves the attempt…

Continue reading → The Humanitarian Conundrum: Reconciling Peace and Justice (The Mantle)

This past weekend at Left Forum 2011 was nothing short of a whirlwind tour through the inner workings of the political left. As someone who…

Continue reading → Left Forum 2011: What I Learned About our Politics of Solidarity (The Mantle)

While I was quasi-concerned that this session might turn into two hours of griping about the Tea Party without actually discussing the heart of the…

Continue reading → Left Forum 2011: Tea Party and the Media (The Mantle)

What could have been a great panel focused on the Iraq war and the ongoing “war on terror” was sadly overshadowed by a gross misunderstanding…

Continue reading → Left Forum 2011: The ‘War on Terror’ the ‘Overseas Contingency Plan’…Losing Sight of Our Purpose (The Mantle)

I walked into the “What is to be done” panel yesterday with one question on my mind: done about what? The vague title intrigued me,…

Continue reading → Left Forum 2011: What is to be Done? (The Mantle)

This powerful panel during the second session of Left Forum dealt with the historical and ongoing struggle for equality and rights of Afghan and Pakistani…

Continue reading → Left Forum 2011: A History of Struggle: Afghan Women (The Mantle)