Best not to forget

13 years ago

Those of us still alive all remember where we were on November 22, 1963. I was crossing the campus of…

Somalia’s New Deal, or not

13 years ago

Decades of instability and war have transformed Somalia into a hotbed for extremist activity. Despite international and regional efforts to…

Put aid to Egypt on viagra

13 years ago

I spent a couple of hours last night in mild pain watching "The Square," a documentary tracing the main turning…

Just for fun

13 years ago

Or maybe it is a good metaphor for getting anything done in today's complex world (via Joseph aka Randy Michelson):

Broaden the peace process with Iran

13 years ago

Reuters published this piece today: High-level Geneva talks with Iran adjourned November 11 without reaching an agreement. Lower-level talks are to…

Lincoln’s example

13 years ago

Today is the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg address.  Talk of it in Washington is inescapable.  So here is Lincoln's…

Deal, or no deal?

13 years ago

The nuclear talks with Iran are officially with the P5+1 (that's the US, UK, France, Russia and China).  But they…

Crackdown, but not too far

13 years ago

Milan Marinković writes from Niš: Serb extremist attacks on three polling stations in the northern part of Kosovo during the…

Peace picks, November 18-22

13 years ago

DC's top events of the week: 1. Oil Security and the US Military Commitment to the Persian Gulf Monday, November…

Human ingenuity rises to the challenge

13 years ago

David Dunford and Ghassan Muhsin's Talking to Strangers: The Struggle to Rebuild Iraq's Foreign Ministry tells an important tale:  how people…