Advertisements My old editor and long-time friend, Joel Schalit, sent this piece around today. It was published on May 18, 2013, and, despite a few things that went off in different directions and some that were simply overtaken by events as they unfolded, I think it has held up remarkably well.Continue Reading
Advertisements This piece originally appeared at LobeLog The comedy of errors that is US involvement in Egypt is reaching new heights. The Obama administration continues to be torn by conflicting preferences and concerns. This week its blunders reached new heights after it blessed the trip of Republican Senators John McCainContinue Reading
Advertisements This article originally appeared at LobeLog. It’s time to ask some tough questions about US policy regarding Egypt. The most pressing being what that policy is, exactly? I agreed with the easily assailable decision by the Obama administration to refrain from labeling the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi a coup.Continue Reading
Advertisements The Turkish government and its leader, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have only themselves to blame for both the widening protests gripping Turkey, and the negative, sometimes distorted, global perception of what they’re doing to their people. The heavy-handed response to what was an isolated demonstration has blown theContinue Reading
Advertisements A fundamental plank of any peace plan has to be universal rights and full equality for all, and that is true whether the solution is one state, two states, twelve states or no states in Israel-Palestine. I elaborate at Souciant.Continue Reading
