World Issues

Helping Ivan read the newspaper preparing Global Thoughts A few weeks ago we took Elizabeth out for the first time, now that she’s had her shots. Luckily we were at a children’s department store when we realized that we had

So far I’ve been getting more sleep than I expected; my wife has been very good to me. Still, 6 week old babies fuss and I’m home early today nursing a cold. So much the better to write to you.

As you’ve heard this month…and baby makes 3. Since she is Daddy’s Little Girl she came to life 37 minutes ahead of schedule.  So far, it’s not really that big a deal. After all, I’m not the one trying to

Sometimes they DO listen to me….As Karen and I move in toward the homestretch (D-date is 22 December), she went on a shopping spree with her mother-in-law to start buying baby outfits. After half an hour cooling her heels in

Last night Karen could hardly contain herself as I tried to collapse a stroller at one of those baby-oriented superstores. In one of those rites of passage, we were out preparing our list of things to buy when boo-boo comes

Behind Pakistan’s Overtures To Israel Saudis seen giving the OK to Musharraf Ivan Ciment – Special To The Jewish Week This weekend’s meeting in New York between Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf and Jewish leaders, through the American Jewish Congress Council

There are two items that bother the hell out of me very often and it would make a difference to me personally if I felt that my senator was out there trying to do something about them: 1. Verizon is

Karen and Ivan with Mayor Bloomberg of New York City at Gracie Mansion, 18 July 2005. “I told him I was voting for him, even without the picture. He said he would take the picture anyway.” Karen is upset with

The public meeting this week between Israeli and Pakistani officials in Turkey, following months if not decades of private meetings, carries a punch above its weight in the Moslem world and reflects certain opportunities which may not be immediately apparent