Uri Avnery writes: To sum up the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in one word: kitsch. To sum up the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in two words: wonderful kitsch. Honest disclosure: I am an Anglophile. At the age of 15 I started working for an Oxford-educated lawyer. At the office only English [...]






















After the earthquake, how to rebuild Haiti from scratch
by Paul Woodward 01.17.2010After the earthquake, how to rebuild Haiti from scratch By Jeffrey D. Sachs, Washington Post, January 17, 2010 President Obama has declared that the United States will not forsake Haiti in its moment of agony. Honoring this commitment would be a first for Washington. To prevent a deepening spiral of death, the United States will [...]