We are in the middle of a geological event. An earthquake of epoch-making dimensions is changing the landscape of our region. Mountains turn into valleys, islands emerge from the sea, volcanoes cover the land with lava. People are afraid of change. When it happens,...
Caught in the Headlights
The Obama administration has veered all over the map when it comes to the Egyptian uprising, beginning with Vice President Joe Biden declaring his fulsome support for his dear friend Hosni Mubarak, and refusing to characterize him as a dictator. That Obama's crew were...
Cairo and the Impossibility of Intelligent Foreign Policy
Let's see. We have a minor political dustup underway in London, in which some master diplomat on Top Gear, a British car show, said, "Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a...
Kleptocrats at Work
Kleptocracy is as old as government. Exotic car broker Michael Sheehan discovered an amazing case nine years ago when he was invited to purchase rare Ferraris and McLaren F1s from a Brunei collection. He writes about it in the current issue of Sports Car Market....
Sunday: 3 Iraqis Wounded
Saturday: 4 Iraqis Killed; 10 Iraqis, 9 Iranians, 2 Pakistanis Wounded
Egypt a Wake Up Call for US Empire
Egypt: Let the Looting Begin!
Critical Connections: Egypt, the US, and Israel
Egypt’s Fate Lies in a Square
CAIRO - Demonstrators who turned up in Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday in even larger numbers than on earlier days are from all walks of life: old men wearing traditional galibiyas, young people in jeans and T-shirts, and women of all ages wearing Islamic head scarves....


