(I know this is long, but it is written for a chapter in a monograph I’m putting together on Democracy and the Arab Street for a group of policy analysts. I hope they like it too.) Moses Sands, in his…
It’s Not Him, It’s Them
(h/t, to Robert Redford for a suit that actually is filled out, Clark Gable for the ears, Rolls Royce for the O’smobile, $ for the artwork, and last but not least, Barack Obama for the punchline.) Be ever mindful about…
Greece is Europe’s Wisconsin, so watch it.
I couldn’t help but notice the timeliness of Lady Penguin’s essay today about the malignant media, and offer this about Europe’s failing economies as proof of what she is saying. According to Reuters, it’s the rating agencies’ fault. That’s right,…
Talking Points on U S Middle East Policy
For 45 years American foreign policy was built around one thing and one thing only; the Soviet Union standing opposite us. We saw Moscow in our Latin American policy, in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, even space. (Sadly we saw…