Author Archives: Ethan Casey
3rd April, 2013
Seattle bedazzled by “Josh”
Ethan Casey writes about his experience after watching an upcoming Pakistani film and the image it presents to Western audiences.
Ethan Casey writes about his experience after watching an upcoming Pakistani film and the image it presents to Western audiences.
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16th March, 2012
Is America paying attention?
For purposes of this column, I mean by “America” not the state or the establishment, but the society. It’s important to draw that distinction, especially…
For purposes of this column, I mean by “America” not the state or the establishment, but the society. It’s important to draw that distinction, especially…
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13th March, 2012
What does Afghanistan have to do with Vietnam?
Well, the latest news is that a lone US serviceman has gone on a shooting rampage outside Kandahar and killed at least 16 people. The…
Well, the latest news is that a lone US serviceman has gone on a shooting rampage outside Kandahar and killed at least 16 people. The…
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2nd March, 2012
Why are we in Afghanistan?
By “we” I mean we Americans, since I am an American and the question of the American presence in Afghanistan is the one that’s most…
By “we” I mean we Americans, since I am an American and the question of the American presence in Afghanistan is the one that’s most…
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17th February, 2012
Preserving humanity in an inhumane time
“Protest that endures, I think,” the American writer Wendell Berry once wrote, “is moved by a hope far more modest than that …
“Protest that endures, I think,” the American writer Wendell Berry once wrote, “is moved by a hope far more modest than that …
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31st January, 2012
Is Imran Khan the leader Pakistan needs?
“He has been hanging in there on the fringes of Pakistani politics for so long now that it’s easy to take him for granted.”
“He has been hanging in there on the fringes of Pakistani politics for so long now that it’s easy to take him for granted.”
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30th January, 2012
What are we entitled to hope for?
Last week I published an article addressing the retired cricket star Imran Khan’s recent surge in popularity as an alternative to Pakistan’s discredited established politicians.…
Last week I published an article addressing the retired cricket star Imran Khan’s recent surge in popularity as an alternative to Pakistan’s discredited established politicians.…
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17th January, 2012
What are we doing to ourselves?
The latest thing we’re all being forced to try to make sense of and/or pick up the pieces from is the video of four US…
The latest thing we’re all being forced to try to make sense of and/or pick up the pieces from is the video of four US…
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6th January, 2012
Thinking the unthinkable
James Howard Kunstler is an American writer who enjoys a large following for his prediction of a looming future in which our technological civilisation based…
James Howard Kunstler is an American writer who enjoys a large following for his prediction of a looming future in which our technological civilisation based…
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16th December, 2011
What’s wrong with bitterness and self-pity?
In my blog excerpted here Monday, I referred to the fact that Americans themselves – ourselves; I am American and live in America –…
In my blog excerpted here Monday, I referred to the fact that Americans themselves – ourselves; I am American and live in America –…
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12th December, 2011
It’s always right to try
Last week was an eventful one on multiple fronts, though really they’re all of a piece. The dust-up in the London Review of Books between…
Last week was an eventful one on multiple fronts, though really they’re all of a piece. The dust-up in the London Review of Books between…
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5th December, 2011
Waging war on ourselves
A couple of years ago, giving a talk at a church in Seattle, I was conveying as best I could the anger Pakistanis feel toward…
A couple of years ago, giving a talk at a church in Seattle, I was conveying as best I could the anger Pakistanis feel toward…
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2nd December, 2011
We are free to choose peace
I was planning to devote this column to Memogate and Ambassador Husain Haqqani’s resignation, then I woke up one morning to learn that the topic…
I was planning to devote this column to Memogate and Ambassador Husain Haqqani’s resignation, then I woke up one morning to learn that the topic…
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28th November, 2011
Has America turned a corner?
On November 17, I posted a link on my Facebook page. The article, “This Is What Revolution Looks Like” by Chris Hedges,…
On November 17, I posted a link on my Facebook page. The article, “This Is What Revolution Looks Like” by Chris Hedges,…
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21st November, 2011
History doesn’t repeat but it does rhyme
A couple of weeks ago, in response to my article “Microsoft, Chase Bank, and what’s good for America,” a Pakistani-American acquaintance emailed me:…
A couple of weeks ago, in response to my article “Microsoft, Chase Bank, and what’s good for America,” a Pakistani-American acquaintance emailed me:…
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18th November, 2011
It’s not about Greg Mortenson
Ever since April, when the US newsmagazine show 60 Minutes and writer Jon Krakauer aggressively raised questions about Greg Mortenson and his bestselling book Three …
Ever since April, when the US newsmagazine show 60 Minutes and writer Jon Krakauer aggressively raised questions about Greg Mortenson and his bestselling book Three …
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16th November, 2011
California and the global connection
“What do you think of Arnold?” a young Pakistani asked me as we passed the time at a cricket match in Lahore in 2003. “I…
“What do you think of Arnold?” a young Pakistani asked me as we passed the time at a cricket match in Lahore in 2003. “I…
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7th November, 2011
Microsoft, Chase Bank, and what’s good for America
The other day, I went into my local branch of Chase Bank. It moved recently to a new location, not far from the previous location…
The other day, I went into my local branch of Chase Bank. It moved recently to a new location, not far from the previous location…
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4th November, 2011
What Pakistani Americans can do to help
Over the past five years, I’ve spoken at many fundraisers for non-profit organisations that address chronic and urgent human needs in Pakistan. These groups are…
Over the past five years, I’ve spoken at many fundraisers for non-profit organisations that address chronic and urgent human needs in Pakistan. These groups are…
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1st November, 2011
A whirlwind tour of the real America
I returned to Seattle on Saturday after a week on the road – or rather mostly in the air, flying back and forth among some…
I returned to Seattle on Saturday after a week on the road – or rather mostly in the air, flying back and forth among some…
