The following is a satire piece by Hadi Khorsandi titled, “I am not a reformist, but I like reformists.” Taken from the online journal Gozaar, a project of Freedom House. They have several other great pieces by Hadi Khorsandi and other Iranian writers at their website. Unfortunately I was not able to find the English [...]
Entries from April 2008
من ریفرمیست نیستم، اما ریفرمیستها را دوست دارم !
April 22nd, 2008 No Comments
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Clinton’s war rhetoric: “Obliterate” Iran
April 22nd, 2008 3 Comments
Here is a press release I just got from the National Iranian American Council about Sen. Clinton’s war rhetoric. Washington DC – The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) denounces Senator Hillary Clinton’s escalating war rhetoric on Iran. In an interview with Good Morning America, Senator Clinton promised Tuesday to “obliterate” Iran should Tehran develop a [...]
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Wednesday Civics Quiz
April 15th, 2008 No Comments
I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. – Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln.I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me [...]
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Kalu the smallest school in Iran
April 13th, 2008 No Comments
I recently stopped by a Persian blog writen by Abdul-Mohammad Shaarani, a school teacher in Iran. He teaches in the “Kalu” elementary school which has only four students. The school is located in a small port called Dayyer on South Eastern part of Iran. By using the internet, Kalu has found a world-wide audience receiving [...]
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Another reason to watch cable news
April 13th, 2008 1 Comment
In The Know: Are America’s Rich Falling Behind The Super-Rich? In The Know: Are America’s Rich Falling Behind The Super-Rich?
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The Enigma of the Red Snake
April 13th, 2008 No Comments
It is longer than Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall taken together. It is over a thousand years older than the Great Wall of China as we know it today. It is of more solid construction than its ancient Chinese counterparts. It is the greatest monument of its kind between central Europe and China and [...]
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