“Positive!” This is how the US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and his Iranian counterpart Hussein Kaizimi-Qomi have described their first round of negotiations. Ironically, this is precisely
It has often been said that a society without the arts is a lifeless society. Great cultures and civilizations have banked on the contributions of their poets, artists, musicians, writers, and many
My alma mater is making waves. On Wednesday, at the first annual conference of its union, it voted for an Israeli boycott. Well not quite. In actual fact all it voted for was to circulate the text
Unlike the last suicides at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, the US military has not tried to insult the world’s intelligence by claiming that the latest suicide — of another Saudi — was a public relations
The invasion of Iraq has set off what could be the largest oil boom in history. All the signs are there: multinationals free to gobble up national firms at will, ship unlimited profits home, enjoy
