The Huffington Post recently asked Ann Arbor singer/songwriter Khalid Hanifi to talk about his song, "The Splendor of Empire."

"I did the best I could in 900 words," he wrote in an email.

In the HuffPo piece, Hanifi discusses anxieties at the global and personal level, including a discussion about addiction. "The habit of mind I battle in myself is the same habit I see coursing through the consciousness of my fellow Americans, and the general trajectory of the national destiny - a fleeing forward into whatever delusional allurance appears to be happiness at the moment."

• Read the full Huffington Post piece.

• Check out an AnnArbor.com feature article on Khalid Hanifi.

Jenn McKee is the entertainment digital journalist for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at jennmckee@annarbor.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.