11 Bits Of Campaign Advice For General Sisi
General Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi is the Commander in Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Last summer, he led the overthrow of elected President Mohammed Morsi.
Indian Supreme Court Bans Gay Sex: What Now?
On the same day that Tarun Tejpal was sent to prison for twelve days for sexual assault, the Indian Supreme Court reversed…
A Few More Thoughts On Arcade Fire.
I know we’ve been down this road before (not only here but here), but I think it’s also worth mentioning that…
What The Data About Sign Language Tells Us.
Are there polyglots of sign language? Someone on Quora wondered the same thing — and even though the answer is an…
Karma Police
“Karma Police” is one of those songs — and, oh, what a song — and it raises a lot of questions…
Adler, Krugman, And France.
Un gros, petit canard by the name of Alexandre Adler took to the pages of L’Opinion to rail against Paul Krugman…
A Brief Note On Melih Gökçek.
At the end of June, Melih Gökçek — the mayor of Ankara, Turkey, a city of four and a half million — took to twitter and accused a journalist working for the BBC of being both a spy and a traitor.
Two Languages In America.
Everyone knows about pho, red hot beef noodle, bun bo hue, and — as Thu-Huong Nguyen-Vo of the UCLA Asia Institute put it — “the trusted spring rolls of several varieties.”
There’s Something About That Ballpark.
I was talking with the sports editor of The Guardian a few months ago. I was raving about a visit to Fenway Park, and I was telling him how struck I was by the plurality of experience at hand while I was there.
Diary Of A Small Army Of Books.
I’m writing a novel. Sorry — I mean: three no — no, wait — five novels. I’m writing five novels. Why? Because it’s a Friday and I have a few minutes to spare.