Welcome to March

What to say? And so it’s March. Working and getting by on the usual. My sister, Jennifer, and my niece, Morgan just celebrated birthdays this past week. Enma just returned from the States where she was visiting her sister, who is recovering from surgery, and so we’re going to celebrate hers and Steve’s birthdays this Thursday at the Thai restaurant at the Al Ain Palace Hotel.

At the link below you’ll find an excerpt from the new book Nemesis by Chalmers Johnson. A year before the attacks of Sept. 11, Chalmers Johnson warned that decades of secret U.S. operations overseas would bring disaster at home. Johnson talks about his book Nemesis, and what he calls the last days of the American republic. It’s worth a read.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7623461

This is an interesting piece explaining the different aspects of the insurgency in Iraq and the limited options the US has.

The Iraqi insurgency for Beginners by Kevin Berger

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/02/insurgency/

Here’s a cool piece from the host of Real Time on HBO, which I’ve never seen. He used to do Politically Incorrect for ABC.

Christians crusade against cancer vaccine by Bill Maher

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/02/hpv/

And if you live in Abu Dhabi or the area and need any computer work done then go to this site. http://www.samtechcomputers.com/
Sam has an office by Zayed University and he'll fix any computer problems you have and won't charge you an arm and leg to do it.

Oh, and just so you know, running a school, it’s not as easy at it looks.
Cheers, Jack