The first, well known, is that when you are in a hole, stop digging. The second, less known, is to…
Egypt's first post-Mubarak election, run according to astoundingly complex rules, looks as if it passed its first test today: a…
While my enthusiasm for nonviolent revolution in Syria has not waned, some of the best pieces of the past week…
I am not one for 2.5 day events, but for those who can sit still that long and pay the…
The streets are dangerous in both Egypt and Syria. In Egypt, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has…
President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has finally signed the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreement that provides him with immunity…
Thanksgiving seems to me the most widely observed of American holidays. It is also among the most American of our…
It all seemed elegantly simple 10 months ago: peaceful demonstrators took to the streets and threw out autocrats who had…
As I've dared give advice to Belgrade, I might as well go on and compound the felony by giving advice…
It surprises me that anyone would try to do an event during Thanksgiving week, but there are in fact a…