Ready For Prime Time

Ok, I’m finally done tinkering with this thing (fingers crossed). I hope you noticed the difference and like the results. 
Supposedly, everything should be in place. This is why I kindly ask you to point out any broken link / malfunction / bug you might bump into. 
To recap, the star-ratings should be working well now (even [...]

Free Alan

Why would anyone kidnap or kill Alan johnston?

Journalists protest in Beirut today (Photo New York Times)

Sign petition here.

Playing By The Same Playbook

I saw this today:

Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr pulls his ministers out of Iraq’s cabinet to press for a timetable for US withdrawal.
Sounds familiar, I wonder where I’ve seen it before..

The Truth About Syria

Some minds just need to be refreshed. Check out this excellent article by Liz Cheney in the Washington Post:
Anyone familiar with the past two years of Lebanese politics would never claim, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did in Damascus last week, that “the road to Damascus is a road to peace.” Her assertion must have [...]

Destruction Exposed

Google dabbles into politics

Remember that famous before/after picture of Dahieh which used Google Earth to expose Israeli brutality in the Lebanon war? That picture was an example of how users of Google Earth can use the program for political purposes.
The news now is that Google itself wants to point its users to international trouble spots, [...]

The Lone Ranger

Hassan Nassrallah may be loud, but he is increasingly isolated

Please hold me tightly and don’t let go

You have to be seriously short on allies to attempt to resurrect the widely hated four generals implicated in Hariri’s assassination. Also, when your own underlings start contradicting your highness, you know you’re in trouble. This is why when [...]

Rashed Fayed: Hezbollah supporters cheered when H…

Rashed Fayed: Hezbollah supporters cheered when Hariri was killed (Arabic)
Fayed thinks it’s ‘boring’ every time Nassrallah calls Hariri a martyr.

A Lebanese Perspective: Why Pelosi’s Visit Was Wrong

Michael Young, a veteran Lebanese commentator, is not happy with the “dilettante” Pelosi’s visit to Syria. He explain why her trip was a “fool’s errand” and then he sighs:
Unfortunately, foreign bigwigs come to town, their domestic calculations in hand; then they leave, and we’re left picking up the pieces.
More from Anton Efendi [...]