Tag Archives: Politics

“That day, Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I’ve ever learned in my life,” Mortenson says. “We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly…Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and … Continue reading →

“The American in Europe is everywhere confronted with the question of his identity, and this may be taken as the key to all the contradictions one encounters when attempting to discuss him…If the American found in Europe only confusion, it … Continue reading →

If I might brand a bit of advice into the brain of every future Mitchell scholar: during your time in Ireland, find your way to an Irish sing-song. Arthur, Nate, Jeff, and I were lucky enough to take one in … Continue reading →

I told the US-Ireland Alliance that I wanted to go to Ireland to study politics. That was only half true. I admit now, scholarship safely in hand and passport stamped, that I actually came to study writing and to investigate … Continue reading →