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Behind the red line in Syria

On March 15, 2011, the people of Der’aa stepped out to demonstrate against the Syrian government. This was the first evidence that the contagion of the Arab Spring had crossed over from Egypt and...

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Pity the Arabs!

While the bloodletting went on in Gaza, the Arab capitals were curiously silent. Nah, they were not all that silent, they were actually backing Israel in its murderous activity. The Israelis are saying...

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World history — when to rewrite, when to edit

I begin this missive with an apology. The editing process, when one is writing a book, and is not sure of his commas, is arduous. When the publishing company sent the advance copy of our book to us, my...

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