Apr 18 2011

At the crossroads of reality

Donald Trump: Potential president?

By Cliff Schecter, 18 Apr 2011 11:48 … “Little Donnie Trump, the dumbest kid in the class.” This only somewhat facetious refrain was proffered on a day when Trump had said something particularly insane, by a…  [more]

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Apr 17 2011

The Book of Khalid

In the Arab revolutions, echoes of a 100-year-old book

By Todd Fine, Friday, April 15, 5:15 PM … A century before young men and women took to the streets of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and other parts of the Arab world,…  [more]

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Apr 17 2011

Uprising in a bottle

The Power of Mockery

By Nicholas D. Kristof, April 16, 2011 … The juiciest story behind the Middle East uprisings doesn’t concern Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s “voluptuous” Ukrainian nurse or C.I.A. bags of cash. Rather, it’s the tale of how a…  [more]

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Apr 17 2011

Where is our techno-utopia?

Nothing dates so fast as a futurist

By Tom Hodgkinson, Sunday, 17 April 2011 … Reports of the death of the book are, I think, greatly exaggerated. The futurists out there would have us believe that ugly utilitarian devices such…  [more]

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Apr 17 2011

Keeping up with the Joneses

Never heard of Fomo? You’re so missing out

By Hephzibah Anderson, Sunday 17 April 2011 … It begins with a pang of envy. Next comes the anxiety, the self-doubt, the gnawing sense of inadequacy. Finally, those feelings fizzle, leaving you…  [more]

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Apr 17 2011

Paradigm shift in Palestine-Israel situation?

Note: John Whitbeck is a Harvard-educated American lawyer, now resident in Paris, whose international practice has focused primarily on the Middle East. – Ray Close

Finally, some hope for a game-changing turn of events in the Palestine-Israel situation

TO: Distinguished…  [more]

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Apr 16 2011

Patronizing myths die hard

Arabs Give Neocons a Reality Check

By James Zogby, 04/16/11 09:44 AM ET … While much of what has come to be known as “the Arab Spring” remains a work in progress, there can be no doubt that a…  [more]

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