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Mr. Hitchens Goes to Beirut: Lessons on Violence and Silence in the Levant

Posted in Lebanon, Levant, Syria, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 26, 2012 | 7 Comments »

About a month ago, Christopher Hitchens, one of the great English-language essayists of our time, passed away. In the time since that unfortunate loss, a flood of obituaries has honored the man. According to the standard accounts, Hitchens was a writer, a rascal, and advocate possessing a remarkable talent for provoking and alienating others – even when [...]

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The Big Cat’s Out of the Bag: A Moment of Truth, a Lifetime of Duplicity from Bashar al-Assad

Posted in Israel, Lebanon, Levant, Syria, tagged , , , , on December 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad keeps making all the wrong moves. In a recent interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters, the former doctor sounded more like a butcher – and a heartless one at that. He lied and deflected questions. He made light of a dire situation. He rejected international conventions and global standards on news reporting, [...]

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