The other day, during the Nuclear Summit in Seoul, unawares of the live microphone – or maybe very much aware of it – the President

In 1977, a French company built for Iraq an above-ground light-water nuclear materials testing research reactor at Al Tuwaitha (“Osirak facility”), some eleven miles southeast

Recently, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran gave an interview to NBC’s Ann Curry, during which he disclosed that in his upcoming address at the United

When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, the international community drew a line in the sand and did its all – with the United Nations authorization, to

The authorization of the “no-fly zone,” which is a euphemism for “No-Gaddafi in Libya,” by the United Nations Security Council is a dangerous gambit in

For an international relations junkie, particularly one with a minor in Middle Eastern history, the events of the past few months have been interesting, to

Cairo, February 11, 2011 — There was a time when a byline had to state the place and the date of the story – and

The events in Egypt in the past week has given the government of the Resolute Nation a pretext to tout its own horn as a

Many years ago, I took a class with Professor Badeau, the one-time American ambassador to Egypt. In describing how Jamal Abdul Nasser became the leader

Have you heard the one about the Jewish genie? After a long set-up, the joke arrives at a point where the finder of the lamp

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is 43 years old. A prisoner in Tabriz, she has been sentenced to death by lapidation (stoning) for the crime of zena

To all who were kind enough to take pleasure in my recent selection as a lawyer of the year in Massachusetts, At first, I thought

The Republican presidential candidate John Sidney McCain III is a con man. The term “con man” comes from “confidence man,” an individual who swindles his

Recently, I acquired a scanner and am for the first time able to spend endless hours digitizing pictures and maps and stuff that I like

The Iranian parliamentary pseudo- quasi-elections are finally over and, surprise, the “moderates” did not do well. The spring is a few days away and Norouz

The ink is dry on the 2007 U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear capabilities. And yet the Bush Administration keeps watering down its message.

The 2007 U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear capability states that Iran stopped its quest of nuclear weapons in 2003. This revelation was in

In June 2006 I wrote a piece here entitled “Is This Anything?” It opened with a reference to a shtick on Late Night with David

Here are a few adages to help you get through this walk down memory lane. One who rules by the sword dies by the sword.

Down in the southwestern corner of the Persian Gulf lies a promontory shaped like a bilakh. It is called Qatar and nobody has been able

I was looking up the meaning of the American slang-word “shlong,” which in my generation’s parlance used to mean a long dangling penis. For sometime

I knew it! You saw the title of this piece – pussy – and rushed to see if there is anything in it for you.

   August 31 marked the end of regulation time and as its last fugitive moments ticked away first in Tehran and then in New York

   This has been the summer of flags. Flags have been everywhere and in most places they have been flying or burning as the sign

   Last time I checked the score it was Iran 5 — International Community 0. It is with much amusement that I now note the