Pakistan: Too Late to Rebuild the State?

I wrote the following long review essay for a class at the University of Washington in 2009. I’m publishing it now in preparation for writing and... 

What’s wrong with American soldiers?

Wednesday’s news, broken by the Los Angeles Times, is that U.S. troops in Afghanistan posed for photographs with body parts of dead Afghans.... 

Home Free: What was so wrong with what Ozzie Guillen said?

Or, to put the question differently: In the United States of America, do we enjoy the right to free speech? You could certainly argue that Guillen should... 

A Pakistani Cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy

Ethan Casey with cadets Angela Fox and Mahhad Nayyer at the United States Air Force Academy, February 24, 2012. Mahhad is the first Pakistani exchange... 

Pakistan: Let’s Keep the Conversation Going

My column under the Blogs heading on Dawn.com was cancelled last week. That’s too bad, but it’s the way it goes; journalism is an inherently... 

Home Free: Why Fenway Park’s 100th Birthday Leaves Me Cold

Twenty years ago in Detroit, I told fellow Tiger Stadium Fan Club member Tom Derry that I felt sad that I had never seen a game at Comiskey Park, longtime... 

What does Afghanistan have to do with Vietnam?

SEATTLE – Well, the latest news is that a lone U.S. serviceman has gone on a shooting rampage outside Kandahar and killed at least 16 people. The... 

Air Force Academy speech, Haiti book published

Dear friends, Very soon I’ll be launching an HTML newsletter. While that’s in the works, there are a few recent things I want to share with... 

Review: The Litigators, by John Grisham

In a recent interview with The Guardian, John Grisham managed expectations for his latest novel by referring to the distinction Graham Greene used to draw... 

Home Free: What are we entitled to hope for?

Last week I published an article in the Pakistani newspaper Dawn addressing the retired cricket star Imran Khan’s recent surge in popularity as an...