UNITED WE STAND. DIVIDED WE CRUMBLE. The states of America which became united in one federation still exist in name and with regional eccentricities that each takes pride in. People in every state still entertain the delusion that they are separately-governed entities, voluntarily united into one country. Most of us have accepted the reality thatContinue reading “We Are a Conquered People”
Category Archives: elections
What I Learned in Alaska
Reprint: what a gay, Muslim, Pakistani-American immigrant learned traveling to rural Alaska the week before the 2016 election.
It’s My Fault
If you are discouraged by the apparent choices in the general election this November — Donald Trump versus an equally unappealing Joe Biden, Senator Necktie versus some vitriolic challenger who can’t find Peru or Poland on a map, or if a House of Representatives (not to mention a state legislature) full of posturing lawyers horrifiesContinue reading “It’s My Fault”