The third law of holes

15 years ago

The first, well known, is that when you are in a hole, stop digging.  The second, less known, is to…

Showing up is half an election

15 years ago

Egypt's first post-Mubarak election, run according to astoundingly complex rules, looks as if it passed its first test today: a…

Getting ready for post-Assad Syria

15 years ago

While my enthusiasm for nonviolent revolution in Syria has not waned, some of the best pieces of the past week…

Next week’s peace picks

15 years ago

I am not one for 2.5 day events, but for those who can sit still that long and pay the…

All the action is not in the streets

15 years ago

The streets are dangerous in  both Egypt and Syria. In Egypt, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has…

Inching forward

15 years ago

President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has finally signed the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreement that provides him with immunity…

Giving thanks

15 years ago

Thanksgiving seems to me the most widely observed of American holidays.  It is also among the most American of our…

Countering the counter-revolution

15 years ago

It all seemed elegantly simple 10 months ago:  peaceful demonstrators took to the streets and threw out autocrats who had…

The second law of holes

15 years ago

As I've dared give advice to Belgrade, I might as well go on and compound the felony by giving advice…

Next week’s peace picks

15 years ago

It surprises me that anyone would try to do an event during Thanksgiving week, but there are in fact a…