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Syria: Is Assad’s Clan Turning Against Him?
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Assad and Reform: Damned if He Does, Doomed if He Doesn’t
Once upon a time, Syria erected a formidable barrier of fear that kept its citizens in check for decades. Today, however, authoritarian Baathist rule isn’t looking all that insurmountable anymore
Reagan’s Daughter Patti Remembers Father: Grace Under Fire
Several years into my father’s journey down the narrowing road of Alzheimer’s, when he was still going out for walks, I looped my arm through his one afternoon and walked with him along a leafy street near my parents’ home. A few people recognized him, waved and called out, “Hello, Mr.
Is Nothing Sacred?
International animal-rights activists accuse India of showing uncharacteristic cruelty toward its cows By MASEEH RAHMAN New Delhi Mahatma Gandhi believed that a nation could be judged by the way it treats its animals. If that yardstick were applied to his own country today, India would be in the doghouse.
Nixon Daughters Bury the Hatchet
Have two sisters ever been closer than Tricia and Julie Nixon?
Outside The Gates
On a bright February morning in Harlem, Jean Sanders shook Bill Clinton’s hand. Just one week out of prison, Sanders had risen early and put on a suit to come uptown from Brooklyn and apply for low-income housing–one of the first stops after scratch for former felons starting over
Death of The Perfect Spy
They called him by fanciful code names — Top Hat, Bourbon, Donald, Roam — and on the days when his latest cache of secrets would arrive at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, a CIA officer says, “it was like Christmas.” There was something for everyone.
Syria: Who Is the Real President Assad?
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s carefully cultivated image as a modest leader with reformist leanings, close to his people and understanding of their concerns, has taken a severe beating after a month of brutal security measures against a burgeoning civil protest movement for greater freedoms that has slowly stretched across the country. The tall, trim, blue-eyed father of three has responded to the uprising in his country, the greatest challenge to his 11-year rule, with a characteristic mix of soft and hard measures, promising reform while also unleashing his security forces on the streets to crush dissent
Will France Americanize Its Legal System?
France’s investigating magistrates have been a central pillar of the country’s Napoleonic justice system for over 200 years. Acting as independent, neutral investigators into crimes, they collect evidence that is then used by justice officials to either try or dismiss a case.
Special Report: LEADERSHIP: THE BIGGEST ISSUE
Ralph Nader was there, and so was the executive vice president of American Motors.