Posted in Culture, George Bush, International, Politics, tagged Angela Merkel, G-8, harassment on July 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
At last week’s G-8 Summit in Europe, video cameras caught our very own President Bush giving German Chancellor Angela Merkel an unexpected, uninvited back rub as he passed behind her.
Where I come from, a move like that in public by any man toward any woman constitutes sexual harassment. A gentleman never, ever lays a finger [...]
Posted in International, Middle East, Politics, tagged Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East on July 18, 2006 | No Comments »
Violence in the Middle East is centuries old. So too are its rationales, excuses, and provocations.
Now comes Israel’s overreaction and indiscriminate bombing of Lebanon. Innocents are dying, property is being destroyed. Why? It’s not going to eliminate Hezbollah; Hezbollah is an idea, a mind-set. Stamp it out in southern Lebanon and it will fade away, [...]
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