meehawl all that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned
The politicians were scared to make decisions. It was a failure. We got people killed. There was lots of friendly fire. We did not hurt the capability of the Hezbollah. We did not return...
Next weekend in Seattle, critics of genital mutilation are convening an international symposium on circumcision. The program lists 40 sessions. Not one mentions AIDS or male circumcision in Africa. Something’s sorely missing from this...
Akhund said he had spent the past year in the border regions of Pakistan, where he described senior Taliban figures as operating freely and working with Pakistani intelligence agencies. He said he and his...
The contents of last year’s official Oscar bag included four nights at the Vera Wang suite at the Halekulani Hotel on Waikiki Beach, handcrafted truffles in a silk box, a private dinner party at...
Several Apple executives were granted options on July 11, two days after Amelio’s departure was announced. So began [Steve] Jobs’ term as interim CEO, the earliest phases of which were marked by substantial uncertainty,...
As if further proof was needed that Petaluma, California, is the epicentre of all weirdness in California, I note in passing that the suspect in the JonBenét Ramsey murder, John Mark Karr, worked in...
Three Mexican fishermen who claim they set out months ago from Mexico’s western coast have been rescued near the Marshall Islands – 5,500 miles to the west – after surviving on rain water and...
The Bush Administration … was closely involved in the planning of Israel’s retaliatory attacks … a successful Israeli Air Force bombing campaign against Hezbollah’s heavily fortified underground-missile and command-and-control complexes in Lebanon could …...
[Google] is bringing some of the biggest traditional content owners into its camp and sharing revenue with them … Google has recruited executives from the media and entertainment industries in the past year to...
US and British authorities had a significant disagreement over when to move in on the [liquid bombers] … A senior British official … said British police were planning to continue to run surveillance for...