What I Talk About When I Talk About Sri Lanka
When you tell people in Washington that you’re following Sri Lanka, you might get a strange look. You might get something worse than that. But you never really know. Please keep in…
Author: Taylor Dibbert
Let the local discussion be your lodestar
Image via Having been in the Washington D.C. area for a fair amount of time and having read a few of the really good contributions to the most recent series, I got…
The Washington Notes
Featured image courtesy the Daily Signal America’s election day is quickly approaching and so writing about something besides the Trumpian phenomenon or Hillary Clinton’s emails or how deeply flawed U.S. democracy is…
Reconsidering Colombo and Sri Lanka’s Political Rollercoaster
I recently read an interesting piece about Colombo. After having read the article, I felt like searching for flights online to purchase a plane ticket with money that I don’t have. Then…
Wheels Up in Colombo: Destination Unknown
Photo EPA/M.A.PUSHPA KUMARA via Upon discovering I had been chosen as a short-term observer for the parliamentary election, it felt like Christmas had come early. Dallas to Doha to Colombo. And then on…
A Clear-eyed Assessment from Afar
Photo courtesy The Republic Square Darkness, movement in the bathroom. No need for lights until somebody breaks a toe. Ouch. I would’ve never known it was broken if it weren’t sticking so…
Kaleidoscope of Desire
Photo by Dominic Sansoni It’s really weird to live in a place and then to come “home” and feel like a stranger there too. It’s unusual to be thinking utensils are superfluous…
Beyond the Canals: A Sri Lankan Dental Story
In August of this year, I had a tooth that was hurting a lot. I’ve had several root canals done in Central America. I knew that I’d been given the opportunity to…