Sarkozy Headed for Electoral Whooping, not Waterloo

It seems as if whenever there is a disputed territory or ethnic conflict, regardless of where, the strategy of pursuing economic cooperation to ameliorate political and ethnic tension is enthusiastically pursued by foreign governments and international organizations.  The rationale behind this…

The waitresses were all tall, pretty and young.  They wore long tent-like, flowing dresses that hung loosely on their thin frames.  Their long black hair was pulled back tight in ponytails, and they wouldn’t stop smiling.

We were dining at one of the handful of North Korea government-run…

Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir had branded the referendum “meaningless” urging citizens not to vote, but still Icelanders came out in their thousands yesterday to overwhelmingly — one Icelandic blogger even called it a “Soviet vote” with over 90% (of votes counted so far)…

Israel celebrated Purim this week, the Jewish version of Carnival or Halloween, and the streets have been full of young and old in masks and costumes. But of course the talk of the country is about the real masks of disguise in the form of wigs, chunky glasses, baseball hats and even tennis…

If hockey is a religion in Canada, as a supine media so often claims, then call me an apostate. The National Hockey League is brutish for its tolerance of fighting and reactionary for thinking sanctioned thuggery is what fans want. Besides, hockey appears to be losing traction with young people…

It hardly seems like it should be necessary to point out that there is absolutely no socialist sensibility in American politics. In the great American public debate, socialism’s not even allowed on the stage. Even in the aftermath of the greatest financial fiasco of our time, there is no sign…

The recent election in Ukraine seems, at first glance, to have little in common with the 2009 election in Iran.  The former was a relatively orderly election which was viewed as both free and fair leading to a transition of power in Ukraine, while the second was a flawed election leading to…

It took more than three years for a Twitter user to garner one million followers. But for China’s Sina microblogging, it only took a little over six months. Considering that Twitter is used by speakers of myriad languages and Sina is basically limited to the Chinese speaking community, this…