Europe
Why Greece, Spain, and Ireland Aren’t to Blame for Europe’s Woes
It’s all Greece’s fault. That’s what a lot of Europeans secretly—or not so secretly—think as they grumble at the prospect of coming up with yet more money to bail the eurozone out of its debt crisis. But what if that easy view of how Europe landed in its current predicament is not just simplistic, but wrong? READ MORE >>
e-Salvation
What Technology Wants By Kevin Kelly (Viking, 406 pp., $27.95) READ MORE >>
New York Journal
The fact is that almost everyone has dirty hands. Everyone: politicians (even “statesmen”), banks, governments, international organizations, newspapers, universities, scholars—they are now mortified to (have to) admit that they made common cause with Muammar Qaddafi and his favored son Saif. READ MORE >>
Right-Wing Zionists For The One State Solution
Commentary's Jonathan Kellerman thinks opposition to settlement-building is the equivalent of Nazism: READ MORE >>
The Reality of Revolution
Flowers in the Desert
Gimme Fuel, Gimme Fire
Time for a Reset
Is It 1989 All Over Again?
History does not enable us to predict the future, but it does help us to prepare for it. It therefore makes sense that commentators are searching for historical precedents to the dramatic events in Egypt. History might help shed light on where the potentially revolutionary developments are heading. READ MORE >>
