For Many People, There Is An Almost

So In Many Ways, The Bombing At The End Of This Year And The Terrorist Attack Of Last Year In Peshawar Have Bookended Both Those Years In A Very Unfortunate Way. But At A Bigger Picture Since, The Impression In Pakistan Is That Things Are Actually Improving On The Terrorism Front Quite Dramatically.

I Don't Listen To Music When I Write. I Need Silence So I Can Hear The Sound Of The Words.

Americans Need To Educate Themselves, From Elementary School Onward, About What Their Country Has Done Abroad. And They Need To Play A More Active Role In Ensuring That What The United States Does Abroad Is Not Merely In Keeping With A Foreign Policy Elite's Sense Of Realpolitik But Also With The American Public's Own Sense Of American Values.

The Ban On The Burkini, Which Is Basically A Wetsuit, Seems Particularly Ridiculous.

Being A Writer Is Not The Point. Writing Is.