Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the long-standing Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression. Instead, the accounts suggest that Georgia‘s inexperienced military attacked the isolated separatist capital of Tskhinvali on August 7 with […]
Not Voting and Proud of It. How Scary.
I got a new perspective yesterday on America’s voters – or, more to the point, non-voters. It was both illuminating and scary as hell. A group of us drove to Pennsylvania from our home near New York to register voters, and the Obama campaign dispatched us to an inner-city supermarket in Allentown. As we […]
The politics of being Asif Zardari
Since the announcement of Asif Ali Zardari as the candidate till this date, on the eve of the presidential election, the newspapers are full of verbal vitriol against the man who is going to be most likely voted as the next President of Pakistan. The elite writers of this country and elsewhere love to have […]
Clay Felker, Founder of New York Magazine, Dies at 82
Posted by Rachel Balik to FindingDulcinea The founding editor of New York magazine, credited with setting a standard in magazine style, has died of throat cancer. After a long battle with throat cancer, Clay Felker died at age 82 on July 1. Felker followed a long career in publishing by spending time as a film […]
Nuclear Iran would be unforgivable
US President George W Bush warned on Thursday that allowing Iran to obtain a atomic bomb would be “an unforgivable betrayal” as he made his second visit to Israel in five months. “Permitting the world’s leading sponsor of terror to possess the world’s deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations,” Bush said […]
Nuclear Iran would be unforgivable: Bush
US President George W Bush warned on Thursday that allowing Iran to obtain a atomic bomb would be “an unforgivable betrayal” as he made his second visit to Israel in five months. “Permitting the world’s leading sponsor of terror to possess the world’s deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations,” Bush said […]