SARITA SARVATE, Oct 03, 2008 I have to hand it to the Republicans. They found a way to rig the U.S. presidency. Turned out it was even easier than controlling the head of state of Pakistan. The latter requires blood … Continue reading
SARITA SARVATE, May 08, 2008 Until recently, I liked Barack Obama more because I liked Hillary Clinton less. When I voted for him in the California Primary, I was still wondering if he was electable. My racial memory told me … Continue reading
(At the hands of Hillary Clinton? No way!) What I had been dreading all these months has finally happened. Hillary Clinton has joined the presidential race. Don’t get me wrong. I would like nothing better than a woman to be … Continue reading
Even though the pundits were talking ad nauseum about the possible Democratic takeover of Congress before the election, I was skeptical. It was all hype, I thought. Then, during the last few days of the campaign, I got increasingly worried, … Continue reading
When Americans try something new, they act as if no one else in the whole wide world has ever thought of it before. So a guy named Michael Pollan has written a book about eating organic, in which he discusses … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: Limited resources, disorganized governmental response and apathy toward Mother Nature’s victims sound familiar to an Indian American. The U.S. must recognize Third World conditions within its borders. SAN JOSE, Calif.–When I first came here from India nearly 30 … Continue reading
For the first years of the Bush presidency, I, like many intellectuals, viewed our commander-in-chief as a bumbling idiot who had stumbled into office with the backing of oil lobbyists who had installed him as a puppet ruler. But in … Continue reading
Iraq war will play to a Hollywood scrip It was on a business trip to Texas recently that I finally realized how deeply American culture is mired in wars and heroes. While Congress was deliberating a resolution to attack Iraq, … Continue reading
Only a few months ago, the United States vetoed a protocol to a bioweapons treaty that would have established mandatory inspections of facilities that handle agents of mass destruction. Such inspections are needed to protect Americans from anthrax and other … Continue reading