As the recession continues, child advocates are rightfully worried about kids. And now they have a new cause for worry. An entirely new category of children is in jeopardy — the two million children being raised in military families. As recently as a decade ago, child advocates could afford to ignore military children. After all, [...]

I am as American as it gets and a bit too Texan for my liking: “y’all” occasionally creeps into my colloquialisms. But originally, my family hails from Pakistan. In my culture, we have a great love of carpets. Carpets, spicy food and colorful, kaleidoscopic clothes with too much bling. Yes, it is because of the fine [...]

When I first arrived in Afghanistan, I spent much of my time swatting away flies that lived on my pediatric patients. Now I let them sit, unless they are on a baby’s face. Soon I think I will just ignore them, knowing that they are drooling multitudes of filthy bacteria on my patients. Shrug. I [...]