‘Please check you don’t have a firearm in your carry-on’
by Rashmee
Posted on May 24, 2023
The day before the first anniversary of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas – the …
Read MorePrepping for the American southwest
by Rashmee
Posted on May 9, 2023
Reader, I’m off to the American southwest and before I leave, I’ve been doing my …
Read MoreThe gun control lobby could be a lot more powerful in the new Congress
by Rashmee
Posted on November 13, 2018 / The National
When country music’s biggest annual awards ceremony gets under way in Nashville, Tennessee, tomorrow, there …
Read MoreFor a very brief moment, I saw a purpose in Donald Trump’s presidency
by Rashmee
Posted on March 2, 2018
For a moment, a very short one, I saw a purpose in Donald Trump’s presidency.…
Read MoreThe Swiss rather like guns too but they haven’t had a mass shooting in 17 years
by Rashmee
Posted on February 21, 2018
Imagine a country in the western hemisphere where a referendum that calls for a national …
Read MoreThe Florida shooting was just one more on a list already too long and bloody
by Rashmee
Posted on February 20, 2018 / The National
What could possibly be new or different about the aftermath of the Valentine’s Day school …
Read MoreA Martian visiting Earth would have thought ‘mental health’ killed those Florida students
by Rashmee
Posted on February 17, 2018
Had you not known it was a school shooting, President Trump’s televised address to …
Read MoreTrump’s State of the Union address marks a deeply troubling back story to the narrative of American strength and success
by Rashmee
Posted on January 30, 2018 / The National
Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address is billed as a follow-through on his …
Read MoreIs the US gun epidemic becoming one of the world’s ‘forgotten conflicts’?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 25, 2018
Is the US gun epidemic becoming one of the world’s ‘forgotten conflicts’? Is it becoming …
Read MoreSpot the difference: Haitians believe God kills, not germs. For Americans, it’s God not guns
by Rashmee
Posted on October 4, 2017
Before I went to Haiti, my Kreyol instructor gave our class a valuable lesson in …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK