by Nomad A Turkish/Canadian friend of mine- we can call him Metin- told me that he was sitting on the grass in a seaside park recentl...

by Nomad Paleobiologist,  J. William Schopf, once pointed out that "for four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by p...

by Nomad This edition of Weekly Review covers a lot of ground. While the last seven days weren't particularly dramatic, there wer...

by Nomad Compared to previous weeks, the last week (July 23- 29) was subdued all in all. That didn't mean there was not a whole l...

by Nomad The story of this Turkish elementary school teacher illustrates the difference between true courage and hollow speeches by po...

by Nomad N ot too long ago, I posted some photos of Izmir which some of you found interesting. I thought I would follow up with a few v...

by Nomad W ith ugly events happening every place you turn, with stupid insensitive people running the show, and with so many people aff...

by Nomad T his weekend, what with devastating hurricanes and Trump's pardoning nonsense, I thought it was time to divert your att...

by Nomad F or those of us who were born to care about the world, it's easy to find more than enough depressing things to think about...

by Nomad T he two films I've chosen this Friday are actually a pair of episodes from the two-time James Beard Award-winning onlin...

by Nomad T he tranquil Greek island of Lesbos is only 4.1 miles from the Turkish coast. For this reason- a geographic detail- this ...

by Nomad L ast Friday, while most of the US media was myopically focused on the collapse of Donald "Genitalia-Grabbing" Tr...

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by Nomad In the midst of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt famously told the nation that the only thing we had to fear was fear i...

by Nomad The Turkish president sends an unmistakable signal about his feelings on the Constitutional Court's ruling about freedom o...

by Nomad With the US elections months away, and problems around the world causing many to wonder and worry, it's time we as...

by Nomad The news out of Turkey about the refugees attempting to make the treacherous crossing into Europe just keeps getting worse...

by Nomad Despite the onset of winter weather, rough seas and icy winds, the narrow strait between Greece and Turkey continues to lure ref...

by Nomad Information is our best defense. Here's a fairly good video that answers the question: How on earth did the world let ISIS h...

by Nomad After twin bomb blasts rocked the Turkish capital on Saturday morning, many Turks are shell-shocked. and wonder how much worse...