Dears, I’m gonna need a diplomat or an attache because I’m in the midst of a very strange cold war. Perhaps it’s more of a tepid war. Actually, the temperature of this conflict depends upon whose side you are on. Hence the need for an intermediary. In one corner we have NSB — a hotblooded American woman whose blood has…

Dears, The mood in me, and the UAE, has been grim since the terrorist attacks in Paris — which came on the heels of a tragic targeted murder here last month, among many other incidents around the globe. During an emotional lunch break this afternoon, my Muslim workmates spent a long time talking, both loudly and ruefully,…

Dears, The world is changing, and you could change right along with it. You may not want to go down with the ship, but you can feel the tug. After the terror in Paris — added to the events in Sydney, Ottawa, among other places — the tides begin to shift your innards and move outwards…