In Praise of Serena Williams
Serena Williams is a wonder of our time, fantastic as an athlete, enthralling as a competitor, and above all, a shining example of what it is possible to achieve if raw talent and a caring, brave, and moral sensibility is nurtured toward greatness.
Decoding the Pipes/Trump/Kushner ‘Deal of the Century”
Prefatory Note: The post below in the slightly modified text of an interview by the Tunisian journalist Awatef Ben Ali on behalf of the Qatar newspaper, Al Sharq, August 26, 2018.)
Q 1: From the perspective of international law, is the blockade on the State of Qatar and the 13 demands of the countries of the blockade legal and respecting international sovereignty?
[Prefatory Note: The following essay will appear as a chapter in Peter Burden & Klaus Bosselmann, eds., The Future of Global Ethics(Edward Elgar, 2018), with the title ]
Revisiting the Earth Charter 20 Years Later: A Response to Ron Engel
A Very Short Addendum re Beirut Forum on Palestinian Unity and Justice
For Stefan
A friend reacted to my post on the Beirut Forum of a few days ago positively with respect to the political analysis. He did have a caveat. I referred to the wife of Nabil Hallak, the principal convener, as ‘beautiful,’ which he warned me would be viewed as sexist by female readers in the current atmosphere of cultural politics.
Palestine, Israel, and the UN: A PassBlue Interview
[Prefatory Note: I am posting an interview with Dulcie Leimbach, the wonderfully
‘The Arab International Forum for Justice for Palestine’ (Beirut, 29 July 2018)
[Prefatory Note: The following article was published in The Nation online website, July 13, 2018. It seems relevant as one perspective on how Robert Mueller as Special Counsel might perform in carrying out this historic role of examining the wrongdoing of a sitting president. It is strange that this quiet undergraduate student of more than five decades ago should now have the destiny of the American republic in the palms of his hands.]
[Prefatory Note: This is slightly modified text of an earlier post that seeks to takeaccount of responses from friends, and gave me the opportunity to express these somewhat contrarian views in a clearer way, as well as correct some mistakes. This version will also be published by Sharq Forum in Turkey.]
A Reflection on the June 24th Turkish Elections
