TEST POST

Today marks the 84th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. It is also National Father’s Day. Here is a rundown of some Thai […]

A few months ago I saw one of my students holding something in his hand that looked like this:

>A few years ago at a local garden I saw a bamboo bench that I really liked. I’ve thought about that bench […]

All those who thought our support for the “freedom fighters” in Libya was going to result in freedom and democracy for the Libyan people need to wake up to the realities of the Islamic world. So much for the Arab Spring! The downfall of Kaddafi was bankrolled by the United States. The USA gave money and helped rebels with NATO air support. What was not blasted over the airwaves by major news services was that the leaders of the anti-Kaddafi fighters were Al Qaida operatives with their own agenda for a post-Kaddafi Libya. Now the crows come home to roost. In what is clearly a planned and well executed attack on the consulate in Benghazi, 4 Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador were killed.