Archive for February, 2008
Iraq in the Long View: Behnam Abu Al-Souf
Listen to the archeologist Behnam Abu Al-Souf long enough, and you’ll be hearing the Iraqi uncle you never knew you had. Dr. Ben as I call him is a great bear of muscular, hands-on scholarship. For half a century he has been an eminence in the excavation and preservation of neolithic Northern Iraq. By now …
Master Class: the Global Beethoven
The Global Pianist: Hung-Kuan Chen. Atop the world cultural triangle, with a US passport, European repertoire, and Shanghai teaching eminence.
In the Neo-Liberal Ruins: Why Venezuela Matters
"Shock Therapy" for us: how the "Washington consensus" of free-market investment rules triggered neo-socialism in Latin Ameirca
El Cambio: Latin America’s "Change," and Ours
Getting to know Evo Morales and the new Latin America: "indigenous" may be the key word, with implications profounder than politics.
After the Empire: Must Reading from Parag Khanna
The Post-American World: the Upstart Analyst Parag Khanna reviews the Emperor's new clothes -- and America's new limp in geo-strategic race with China and Europe.
