Barack Obama will end up disappointing many on both the left and right, but we can be forgiven for thinking and hoping that this is indeed a new d…
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Read moreBush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency Many of you have probably seen this, but just in case, a little light relief …
Read moreAn opinion piece in today's International Herald Tribune by Yossi Alpher , formerly of Tel Aviv University and now co-editor of bitterlemons .…
Read moreThat's the implication of comments by Britain's foreign minister, David Miliband, in the Guardian and reported on by the BBC . One key graf:…
Read more20 When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every m…
Read moreI'm a little late on this item, but have just found out that William Zantzinger--whom Bob Dylan immortalized, along with the Black waitress Zantz…
Read moreClaude Berri, one of France's most popular film directors and producers, has died . Anglophone film goers will remember him best for "Jean d…
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