THE NEWS from Afghanistan has been nothing but bad, and every indication is of worse to come. By the end of 2014, the Afghan people will be on their own, as they were in 2001 before the arrival — at… Read More ›
Pakistan
Cree Walkers, Ralph Klein, Richard Griffiths, Shehnaz Ishtiaq, Obsolete Words, Whale Bone Porn, The Toronto Star vs. Rob Ford, Why Did We Stop Crucifying People?
• Podcast 36 | Week of 31.03.2013 Download entire podcast (320 kbps mp3) | Visit The Roundtable on Facebook.
The World in 2030, Taliban Peace Plan, End of the World, SantaCon, Ikea Monkey, Catfish That Hunt Pigeons
• Podcast 022 | Week of 16.12.2012 Download entire podcast (320 kbps mp3).
Podcast 15: Lincoln Alexander, George McGovern, Malala Yousafzai, Drone Strikes, Terry Jones … and more
• Podcast 015 | Week of 21.10.2012 Download entire podcast (320 kbps mp3).
The Courage of Malala Yousafzai and the Lessons of Mingora
THERE ARE no words of sufficient force to summarize this week’s attempted murder of fourteen year-old Malala Yousafzai, in the northwest Pakistan city of Mingora. Yet as shocking as this savagery is, there is nothing new about it either: depravity… Read More ›
The Killing of Salman Taseer
It may be that the most eloquent words I can summon, in the wake of businessman and Punjab, Pakistan Governor Salman Taseer’s assassination, are these: “the death was received with shock in India.” Here I am quoting a Times of… Read More ›
