"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."
I'm a liberal, a lawyer, an animal lover, a risk taker, an information gatherer/pack rat, and a wanna-be crafter who's food obsessed and travel hungry. I love the disturbances in life that force you to take chances, and I try hard to push myself out of the comfort zone. I think *differently* about how to live my life and how to practice law. Former Big Law associate, now doing my own thing and at home in Houston. I'm from the City of Champions, Pittsburgh, and I've lived in DC, San Antonio, Milan, and Madrid. I love bananas, my daughter, my dogs and cat, and the Steelers.
Juan Cole is a one of the most thoughtful and intellent voices on the Middle East. If you want to understand the Middle East, and the US’s role in the Middle East, his blog, Informed Comment is essential reading. In one of my favorite recents posts, he lists the top 5 myths about the recent protests
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