Growing through the pages
Book editor, Julia Eccleshare, on motivating young readersAmazon.com Inc. announced Tuesday it had booked more than 1 million advance orders for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, scheduled for release…
Will Olmert Rise of Fade Away
However damning Judge Eliyaho Winograd's report may be regarding the Prime Minister's conduct of the second war in Lebanon, it would be far more damning and destructive for Israel if…
We devote too much attention to a mostly stagnant Middle East
Why are Middle East experts so unfailingly wrong? The lesson of history is that men never learn from history, but Middle East experts, like the rest of us, should at…
Sarkozy must reconcile France with itself
Is France about to exchange the fake revolution of May 1968 for a sham counter-revolution this year? Or have French voters given Nicolas Sarkozy a mandate for real change to…
Unimpeachable reasons for impeachment
Let's get this meditation underway by first thinking of reasons NOT to impeach George W. Bush and Richard Cheney. I'll kick-start with the ones I've observed in circulation. (1) It's…
A potentially lethal blow to France's rigid socialists
France has chosen - and it has chosen decisively. The new French president is Nicolas Sarkozy, elected with 53.1 percent of the popular vote, with a turnout, at 84.8 percent,…
Turkey beyond Islamism versus secularism
The tempestuous current developments in Turkey are historic in their implications for the country and the Middle East. However, they are about much more than a tug-of-war between Islamism and…
Arab pluralism requires a free, contentious media
Today's Arab media is rife with paradox. Compared to only a decade ago, today's Arab world enjoys a dizzying variety of television stations, newspapers and internet sites. The news and…
What words can mean
MUMBAI: On July 11, 2006, terrorists blasted bombs on several suburban trains in Mumbai, the industrial and commercial capital of India. Over 200 commuters were killed while many more were…
