Mel, I Hardly Knew Ye
Oh dear. Does a certain movie mean we can't make fun of Mel Gibson anymore? If I were to play a free-association game using the image of Mel Gibson, the words and phrases that most readily come to...
WORLD TRADE IMBALANCE: IS CHINA GUILTY?
Three giant trading blocs account for more than one half of the value of world’s trade at current prices. The biggest is the European Union (EU-15) whose intra-trade in 2001 was worth $1,418...
Powerless
You lose your sense of reality if you are not part of civil society With material benefits comfort is what you find Practicing your rights however Delivers peace of mind You are allowed to raise...
To those of you who have passed away…
We feel for you But act we don't We share your pain But fight we won't We revel proudly in your courage As if it were our own For the impotent and weak Can drone on and on Our sympathies to your...
Tante Widad
My grandmother's sister is a spinster, She is of the nomadic type, constantly asked to move there from here. She tries to settle among us and be comfortable. Attempting to enter the conversation She...
Another Day
So suddenly I am situated alone in this hole. I fidget for God’s sake but don’t expect any live action so I drag a big toe nail back and forth along the tile, for lack of anything better. I...
Revising Their Tragedy
One of the most difficult subjects to explore in one article is the current "underground confrontation" (for the lack of a better description) between World War II revisionist historians and their...
A Very Thin Moral Line
Many of the most venerable intellectuals and commentators of the left are unwittingly these days committing a grave error by falling into the elusive trap of implying some sort of an understandable...
The Day We Accused Ariel Sharon
As the world watches with trepidation the daily scenes of murder and outrage in the West Bank and Gaza strip, there is one thing we can all agree about. This particular escalation would not have...
From Prostitution To Geneva’s Parliament
I first met Nicole Castioni at the International Book Fair in Geneva, Switzerland. She was signing copies of her bestseller, Le Soleil Au Bout De La Nuit (The Sun at the End of the Night) - ed. Albin...