Egyptian Regime: Negotiating In Good Faith, Or Just Buying Time? WASHINGTON – The updates from Cairo create a mixed picture that invites caution in any attempt to...
Not a Revolution; But Egypt Will Get its Reforms – Is Anybody Watching? “Those who cling to the status quo may be able to hold back the...
In Arcadia, Playing for South Africa’s Future Energy and dynamism expressed only in soccer games PRETORIA, South Africa – (Notes from October 2009). The other day I was walking from my Court Classique Hotel to...
Politicized Media and The Loss of a Common Ground WASHINGTON – Consider this superficially innocent excerpt from a recent (February 28, 2008) article in The Wall Street Journal...
How To End Road Congestion In The US WASHINGTON – Can America end its perverse love affair with the automobile? No doubt, when the automobile was invented,...
John Edwards and the Impossible Ethical Standards WASHINGTON – We know what happened regarding the disclosure of former Senator and former would be Democratic party nominee...
The World is not yet Flat WASHINGTON – According to the new optimistic conventional wisdom, the world has become “flat”. Historic barriers of time, distance,...
Is America Ready for President Obama? WASHINGTON – The Democratic primaries arithmetic is clearly against Senator Hillary Clinton. It is unlikely that she will win her...
America the Christian WASHINGTON – As the political season heats up in the United States, we are treated to yet another round...
In America, Politics as Self-Renewal WASHINGTON – The paradox of American politics is this odd mixture between pragmatism and grandiose wishful thinking. Hillary Clinton...