by Kani | Sep 29, 2022 | Featured, Main Feature
Journalists often equate Erdogan with Putin, Clinton with Blair, Reagan with Thatcher. I’d like to make another comparison: Turk and Franklin! If your hand went to your head involuntarily, bear with me, this duo leaves Erdogan and Putin comparison in the shade! This...
by Kani | Sep 29, 2022 | Türkçe, Uncategorized
Gazeteciler sıklıkla Erdoğan’ı Putin’le, Clinton’ı Blair’le, Reagan’ı Thatcher’la eş tutarlar. Bir eşleme de ben yapmak istiyorum: Türk ve Franklin! Bunlarda kim deyip elinizi başınıza götürdüyseniz, biraz sabredin, bu çift, yani...
by Kani | Jun 28, 2022 | Featured, Main Feature, Oped Feature
Now that Sweden and Finland have officially applied for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), it may be time to pay homage to a story about the Atlantic alliance that appeared in Henry Kissinger’s memoirs, White House Years. In 1965, he wrote a...
by Kani | Mar 22, 2022 | Featured, Main Feature
March 21, 2022 (I have titled my talk, 113. Soon you will forget everything I say tonight, but perhaps you will remember just the title, 113—in Kurdish sed û sêzdeh.) Kani Xulam Busboys and Poets Washington, DC Newroz Piroz Be! Happy Newroz! Before I share with...
by Kani | Nov 18, 2020 | Commentary, Featured, Main Feature
In 1985, a 23-year-old graduate of Columbia University was hopping from job to job in New York City trying to make a living. He came across a flyer that announced the upcoming lecture of a civil rights icon at his old alma mater. The alumnus was Barack Obama....