War appears imminent. At least that’s the impression gleaned from this week’s press blitz on Iran.  In the State of the Union address, Obama said he would “take no options off the table to achieve” the goal of halting Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program. A congressional testimony on Tuesday concluded that Iran has “crossed a […]

ed egli alquanto in pena chiamerà, chiamerà: ‘Piccina mogliettina, olezzo di verbena’ i nomi che mi dava al suo venireIn 1946, Camilla Williams sang those words of longing and woe. It was her debut at the New York City Opera, and she delivered the lead in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with what the New York Times […]

The announcement by the US defense secretary that US troops will no longer take a lead role in Afghan combat before the end of 2013 stunned the Afghan government in Kabul but will probably please voters in the US.  It largely cuts the ground out from under the feet of negotiators; the Taliban cannot have […]

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