Profoundly shaken by the saga of lies, forgery and editorial incompetence that has rocked the New York Times in recent weeks, wordsmiths the world over have been quivering in their
Musharrafs mess
What a week!
Bush and Chirac shake hands, the US President jets off to Sharm el-Sheikh to solve the Middle East crisis, and soldiers in the Afghan
What compelling evidence?
So, did Saddams regime have Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) or not?
This is the $64 billion question.
WMDs, Saddams willingness to use them, and
In my last column, I asked that most pressing of questions: who are the neo-cons and when were they released?
This time, as advertised, I continue my analysis of the
Americas dilemma
In his study After the Revolution? Authority in a Good Society the eminent American political scientist Robert A. Dahl says that there are three criterion governing authority
A stable bridge?
Every now and then, like Boris Karloff, politics just kind of creeps up on you.
Witness the sudden rise to global fame of French foreign minister and
Weve all heard about how the world has been taken over by neo-cons, but who or what exactly are neo-cons? And when exactly were they released?
In search of
An accurate picture
Last weeks Diary studied the efforts of the Gang of Four (namely, France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg) to forge a new European Defence Policy (without Europe)
Dont mention the war!
Those of you focusing your attention exclusively on Jay Garners Iraq, or Nicanor Duartes Paraguay, might be surprised to learn that relations between
Living doll?
Last weeks Diary (what do you mean you havent read it?) reported on Sonys efforts to copyright the phrase Shock and Awe as a potential
Homeland diplomacy
To France, where the government seems to have got itself into another jam.
This time, however, America is not involved. Not directly, anyhow.
In French circles, the talk
