Reflections On Pakistan

Huff Post: by Alan Jones. Pakistan is in the news – not least because of the violence leading up to the elections. H.L Mencken told us that “for every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” Sometimes something happens and we’re hit between the eyes […]

How not to say the wrong thing

Source:LATIMES: (Illustration by Wes Bausmith / Los Angeles Times) When Susan had breast cancer, we heard a lot of lame remarks, but our favorite came from one of Susan’s colleagues. She wanted, she needed, to visit Susan after the surgery, but Susan didn’t feel like having visitors, and she said […]

Insider predicts shoe prices to take hike

Source: The Local Heinrich Deichmann described changes taking place in China, which produces a large portion of shoes sold in the West, as “dramatic” and said consumers must get used to the idea of forking out more for their footwear. But Deichmann said his company would sacrifice profits this year, […]

Zia ul-Haq passed punitive laws that defined the practice of the Ahmadi faith as a “blasphemous” criminal offense.

Source: NY Times. Yet the birth of Pakistan was not auspicious for minorities. The original claim of Pakistan — religious equality — was the first claim proved false. Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, though he became the first foreign minister, was hounded by religious conservatives, who branded him an apostate because of […]