That 11,000 extra people in France died during this past summer’s heatwave (so sayeth the French health ministry) helps put some things into perspective. America losing 40 soldiers a month in Iraq is not going to bring the house down,
Hot Spots Israel-Palestine: Have you noticed that every time Israel assassinates someone, it’s always a Leader of Whatever. Evidently, there are no non-generals in the Palestinian army, just as in the Israeli army. Sharon has upped the ante against Hamas
Karen and I walked into a china shop last Sunday to look at patterns. I was in a good mood following a 4 hour lecture/discussion on Middle East policy (yeah, I like that stuff), and wore a rather cherubic countenance
Been a bit busy these past 2 weeks, getting engaged, ready for the holiday vacation, and all that. But never too busy for you and getting out a current edition of Global Thoughts. I didn’t see any sense in providing
Welcome to 2003. Predictions made for 2002 were better than usual. I said that Saddam would be gone by now, but you can tell that the Saudis are getting off the fence and even Iraqis are resigned to his coming
SYNOPSIS: Freedom for Security should be viewed more broadly than in terms of an exchange involving civil liberties. In today’s society, the tradeoff of the overarching value of Convenience for Security is the most relevant yardstick involving what we popularly
Where do I start? I just returned from a dozen country, 30 day journey to talk to people, hear their views, try to get answers to questions and report back to you. Following this visit to Europe and the Middle
I think I am about to clean up here with just 12 days to go. Now the people that wanted to bet me bibi would win are refusing to take bets. As i forecast in my 60 day futures, barak is
Family Thoughts. We recently finished our Family Weekend in the Country Dacha Ritual. That means 16 of us in a 5 bedroom cottage getting through a weekend which was the product of intense negotiation that somehow we will forget within
This week we read that Mexico is in mourning after having lost to the US in World Cup Soccer. They shouldn’t compare this with the loss of Texas – nobody here could care less that we won. The games weren’t
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