August 15, 2010

The Games We Play

After four hundred years lying dormant, the Middle East has once again taken its place on the world scene. This ascendancy began with the long-awaited Ottoman demise, was spurred on by the region's vast energy resources, and was strengthened by Cold ...

February 14, 2010

Ezekiel's Tomb on the Edge of Destruction

A short fifteen-minute drive outside Kerbala, Iraq, one can witness the frontlines of the clash between East and West, Islamism and progress. There, in the small town of Al-Kifl, lies -- at least at the time of this writing -- the 2,500-year-old Tomb...