The Contrarian Progressive

There are two schools of thought on this. One side says that if you have nothing to hide why worry about such things, let them sift throug...

The revelations by the NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden did not surprise me. In fact, I was surprised that people were shocked to find out ...

As you know, the protests that started out as a minor display of environmental discontent turned into an epic yet peaceful confrontation wit...

A good friend of mine asked me what I thought of the sectarian violence in Syria and why I was not commenting on the upcoming Geneva II talk...

I don't think anyone really knows the answer to that question. My Turkish friends are convinced that Erdogan will soon order the sweep...

It will soon be two weeks since Occupy Gezi or Resistanbul began. Most observers -including this blogger- assumed that the protests would wa...

I am sure you must have seen many headlines comparing Occupy Istanbul (or Gezi Direnis as they call themselves) to the Arab Spring. I am h...