August 2011 archive
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Aug 27 2011
On a hill far away
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Aug 23 2011
Ils sont les mêmes
How long before the dominoes fall?
By Robert Fisk, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 … The remaining Arab potentates and tyrants have spent a second sleepless night. How soon will the liberators of Tripoli metamorphose into the liberators of Damascus and… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/08/23/ils-sont-les-memes/
Aug 18 2011
End of a world
Lebanon bans smoking in public places
The Daily Star, August 17, 2011 01:45 PM … BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Parliament Wednesday endorsed a law banning smoking in all enclosed public places, including restaurants, bars, cafes and offices. The law was presented for… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/08/18/end-of-a-world/
Aug 17 2011
Are you fired up?
Dear Yankee
By Paul Burk, August 2011 … Here we go again. As you know, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, is contemplating a presidential run, which means that any day now, your boss will be sending you… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/08/17/are-you-fired-up/
Aug 17 2011
How such rhetoric performs
Mr. Mileikowsky and the “seal of Netanyahu”: the perilous encounter between modern nationalism and ancient history
By Hussein Ibish, August 17, 2011, 6:21pm … I may be trying people’s patience a little with my recent riff on nationalism in general,… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/08/17/how-such-rhetoric-performs/
Aug 16 2011
Manchurian candidate
The sad facts behind Rick Perry’s Texas miracle
By Harold Meyerson, Tuesday, August 16, 6:41 PM … Rick Perry’s Texas is Ross Perot’s Mexico come north. Through a range of enticements we more commonly associate with Third World nations… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/08/16/manchurian-candidate/