Doon was born in Afghanistan and escaped the Communist soldiers and bombs and arrived in America as a nine-year-old immigrant in 1981. He grew up in the Pacific Northwest in the 80s, complete with a mullet and the short “O.P.” shorts. He graduated from the University of Oregon where he sometimes attended Grateful Dead concerts in his ROTC uniform. He earned his commission as an Officer in the U.S. Army and served on Active Duty and as a Paratrooper for five years before leaving the military and moving to Hollywood. He has worked in Hollywood on a number of TV and film projects that won a variety of awards, including the Emmy and the Golden Globe. Although adhering to a strict schedule of pre-dawn writing, he is currently preparing for law school.

Blog Entries by Doon Baqi

You Believed the Hype!

Posted July 24, 2009 | 01:45 PM (EST)


I know the world loves to follow. I'm sorry if you don't like to admit it, but it's just the way it is. We've gotten too lazy. We hardly do anything for ourselves anymore.

We have people praying for us, shopping for us, reading for us. We have people telling...

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Why We Are Not Winning Afghanistan

4 Comments | Posted May 6, 2009 | 02:31 PM (EST)


I think we should pay a little attention to history, both ours and theirs, in order to come out ahead in this chaotic struggle for world peace and prosperity. Take Afghanistan, for example.

Afghanistan has a very violent history. It has been invaded by just about everyone. Alexander the Great...

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If Torture is Not Punished, Charles Manson Should be Freed

18 Comments | Posted May 5, 2009 | 10:41 AM (EST)


I'm a bit confused about this whole torture ordeal we're currently going through.

It seems as if the people who were actually doing the torturing, the foot soldiers, so to speak, will not be prosecuted at all. They get set free. Basically, they are not expected to have ever...

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Duped by CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC

27 Comments | Posted April 27, 2009 | 11:53 AM (EST)


The media puts a spin on everything, for the most part, and no matter which network you're on. Some try to stay fair, and so their intentions are center, but their sources are actually biased one way or another, and so the result is unintentional biased news about the truth...

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God, I Miss George Bush

Posted January 28, 2009 | 04:06 PM (EST)


George W. Bush was not my favorite person in the world; let's be upfront about that. I am unable to conceal the acrimony that just gushes out whenever I'm describing him. But with that said, don't you kind of miss him? Just ever so slightly?

I do. I truly do....

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Golden Globes and Demi Gods

Posted January 12, 2009 | 06:34 PM (EST)


I love movies. I really do. I could sit all day and night and watch movies. Not that I actually would, mind you; my wife would kill me.

Movies are a panacea to most of my life's worries. Whenever I feel the blues, I push play on my DVD...

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Heathens Stealing Christmas?

Posted December 28, 2008 | 01:26 PM (EST)


My buddy in Texas called me last week to wish me a Merry Christmas and was taken aback when I thanked him, but informed him that I do not celebrate Christmas, that I was not Christian. He actually took offense.

It shocked me. I researched into it and found...

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Do We Really Need to Say, "African American?"

Posted December 5, 2008 | 04:15 PM (EST)


I take issue with the term "African American."

I often read things about the "African American vote," for example, compared to, say, the "white vote." By changing "black" to "African American," a segment of the population is made foreign. An African American is an American of African descent. Which of...

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A Man Did Not Get Pregnant, Stop Lying

Posted November 14, 2008 | 04:27 PM (EST)


There are a plethora of topics that are newsworthy. Topics that people should hear about. I am appalled that topics that should be reported are being forsaken for a mendacious propaganda designed to bamboozle readers and make money.

There are "stories" that are stealing airtime from far more important,...

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Barack and the Prize

Posted November 10, 2008 | 10:35 PM (EST)


With Obama as our president, I feel like I've won the Academy Award for being an American. I feel like I've won the Nobel Peace Prize and the Pullitzer for best country. I feel inclined to jump up on every couch like Tom Cruise and burst out into song and...

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Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets

Posted October 31, 2008 | 12:56 PM (EST)


I have this cute little dog, an adorable fluffy white Maltese. Her name is Lola and she's one of those jocose little creatures that make you smile just thinking about her. You know that warm-and-fuzzy you get when you look at even a photograph of something or someone so adorable...

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The Loss of Superman

Posted September 17, 2008 | 12:46 PM (EST)


I watch a lot of movies, and I know movies are not always accurate, but I think when you see cops that refuse to shoot in a busy marketplace, for example, that's generally accurate. When a bad guy comes barreling around the corner and jumps over a bicyclist and runs...

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