Is being attractive or likeable more important than being smart? Watching the US "veep" debates and the hours of analysis later, you might think so. Apparently designer clothes, winks, kisses, and ‘shoutouts’ are what it takes…Continue Reading
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When it's time to talk to politics
There are rules for polite society – don’t talk about religion, politics, or sex – that lately I have been violating. The primary one being that you don’t talk politics during parties, social gatherings, Monday…Continue Reading
I love visitors
not just because living in the desert can make you appreciate human companionship more than nearly anything, but because visitors to the place you live can give you fresh eyes. This always happens in Doha when…Continue Reading