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Recently I received a letter from a PhD student in Turkey who I have never met. He wanted to know a little bit about my views about the Middle East, Turkey, and Obama's visit to turkey. I did not know a lot about the situation, but I am glad that he wrote me because I ended up finding out more than I would have on my own. I wrote back to him telling him that I'd be glad to tell him a little bit about what I think, though I'm not sure how well I followed the recent relations between Turkey and the U.S. and I'm not entirely sure if my hopes and beliefs are that significant. Unfortunately, I also let him know that I have not visited Tukey myself and all I know is what has been in the press, and I know Turkey is beautiful as I've heard stories from people who have visited there. I made sure to let him know that I do believe that President Obama's visit to Turkey was beneficial to relations between Turkey and the U.S. I know that Turkey has one of the lowest rates...

Almost a year ago I read quite an interesting article about Generation Q or “The Quiet American”. I was struck by the sheer reality of the situation that Thomas Friedman, an opinion columnist for The New York Times describes. According to Friedman, a generation of Quiet Americans known as Generation Q which makes up the population of college campuses around the country both impresses and baffles him. Friedman says he is “impressed because they are so much more optimistic and idealistic than they should be, but I baffled because they are so much less radical and politically engaged than they need to be”. While I believe this is true, I think our generation has reason to be so quiet. Our generation has only been able to (until recently) quietly pursue our idealism, but we need to do more than that in years to come. Our generation has been handed down problems ranging from the huge budget deficit to the Social Security deficit and ecological deficit. Friedman says he is baffled at ...