Dead Children: No Longer the News that Sells
I knew it would happen, borders would be closed, media would turn again on the refugees, and the dead boy on the …
Bones in the Sun
I was at a remembrance service for April 8th, a decade or more ago, – the commemorative day for victims of the …
Putting the Cat Out of the Kitchen
We got the cat – Saddam – out of the kitchen, but we wrecked it in the process. Was it worth the …
A Maud Gonne of the Kurds
As Kurds fight to free Korbani I post this old poem of mine in tribute to the Peshmerga and their women fighters! …
Maud Gonne: Yeats Inspiration
The second verse refers to the Lady of the Sweetest Smile, the authors own Maud Gonne, though not of the military kind, …