A Moment of Truth in Damascus and Washington

So, to succeed in the trough of graft, a politician must have a profusion of scandals, so many of them all at once such that they would eventually overwhelm the system’s capacity to cope.

Another interesting feature is the absence of non-partisan journalists covering this war.

It would be difficult to find another instance of an incumbent leader featuring their own face on a bill in a non-monarchic, democratic country.

[C]apitalizing on the White House's indecision, Israel is advancing its offensive in Lebanon.

There is no shortage of initiatives, resolutions and legislation aimed at defending democracy in the EU. What is missing is effectiveness.

[I]t appears that the [U.S.] is capitulating in the talks.

This move is a typical ethical dumping approach where the so-classified as first world nations unethically conduct research in third-world countries.