As a policy, I try not to follow the news on the weekends because that is my relaxation time, my family time and “ignorance is bliss.” Once I return to the office, I cannot avoid news and... Read more >>

A third of the population in Afghanistan live under the poverty line. One in six children die before their fifth birthday, and the average life expectancy is 44. But people there are still full of... Read more >>

One of them hates Thomas Kinkade. Thomaskinkadepainteroflight, she calls him. I did a puzzle of his once, when we were roommates in Virginia. It glowed in the dark. That’s when I first... Read more >>

Afghanistan, a landlocked mountainous country, is presently shattered by terror and covered with dark clouds of destruction. Yet, it was once full of culture and at the heart of the Silk Road.... Read more >>

Blogger Matt Drudge outed Britain’s Prince Harry, who for ten weeks has been secretly serving on the front lines in Afghanistan. The publicity resulted in Britain’s defense chief pulling... Read more >>

An inspiring film about personal courage and conviction, Enemies of Happiness spotlights Afghanistan’s leading female parliamentarian, Malalai Joya, and her life’s work. Watch this video >>

Mountain to Mountain was founded by a mountain-lovin’ girl, in a high altitude mountain town, to benefit mountain communities halfway around the world, by uniting mountain communities at home... Read more >>

In Kabul, ten-year-old girls like Fazila Shrindul are taught to wear headscarves at all times, and are not permitted to play with, or even speak to, males who are not in their immediate family.... Read more >>

During my recent trip to Afghanistan, a group of girls were attacked walking to school in the southern province of Kandahar. This province is currently one of the most unsafe provinces in Afghanistan... Read more >>

Channel surfing last night at midnight drove home what being a woman means in 2008. At the same moment, as a re-run of the Obama/McCain interview with McCain citing E-Bay founder Meg Whitman as one... Read more >>