Category: Latin America


Patagonian Pander Predictably Flops

Hillary Clinton has ruled out a run for the White House after serving as Secretary of State.  I hope she’s at least equally clear that she shouldn’t follow Tom DeLay onto the set of Dancing With The Stars; if her experiences on her recent trip to Buenos Aires are any guide, the tango isn’t her [...]




Hold the Danish

When I was a young kid living in South Carolina, you would still sometimes see mule-drawn wagons on country roads.  You also saw advertisements for Burma Shave: typically a series of six to eight small road signs at short intervals with a rhymed message of some kind.  “Don’t go passing up a slope/Unless you have [...]




From the March/April 2010 issue

Behind the Settlements

West Bank settlements hollow out respect for the law in the State of Israel.

Are the Settlements Illegal?

Answering that question is a pitfall the Obama Administration has been wise to avoid.

Allies Divided

Israel and America have long taken opposite approaches to managing Palestinians and other Arabs.

The Outpatient Prison

How to lower both the prison population and crime—at the same time.

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