[Previously published in The Jakarta Post.] by Jennie S. Bev, Santa Clara Last year, I received an email from a reader...
Indonesia Articles
Radio Interviews with Voice of America
Past interviews with Jimmy Manan of Voice of America. Interview on writing activism (in Indonesian): Listen to...
Obama Time Again, the USA and Indonesia
by Jennie S. Bev, Santa Clara In my opinion piece “Obama’s campaign promises and us” (The Jakarta Post, Sept. 17,...
Fighting crimes against humanity
by Jennie S. Bev Wednesday was the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We...
Writing for an imaginary homeland
by Jennie S. Bev Everything starts with words. Throughout history, every individual of any degree of importance in...
The politics of compassion
by Jennie S. Bev This November marks the 10th year commemoration of the 1998 Semanggi Tragedy I, which occurred on...
Obama’s campaign promises and us
by Jennie S. Bev Both Barack Obama and I once lived and grew up in the Menteng district of Central Jakarta. He went to...
Intellectual politicians, treason, and schismogenesis
by Jennie S. Bev The "notion" --borrowing Barack Obama's favorite word according to Dr. Lee Thornton,...
To love our country, our country ought to be lovely
by Jennie S. Bev I once attended Robert "Hollywood Guru" McKee's screenwriting class in downtown San...
Here’s to punditocracy
by Jennie S. Bev We all live in an interesting time today. All kinds of forces have been affecting long and short-term...
Indonesia in food, fuel, and compassion crises
by Jennie S. Bev I live in Northern California, considered one of the wealthiest regions in the United States, where...
Citizen diplomacy and cross-cultural pollination
by Jennie S. Bev Post Sept. 11, the world is getting more polarized and more religious as well as anti-religious. This...