"Black sheep" participate in political debate
CAIRO: From my spot at the end of the queue I wondered…
Guarding optimism
The skeptics have unassailable arguments: History and a consistent record of failure…
Italian musician uncovers hidden music in Da Vinci's 'Last Supper'
It's a new Da Vinci code, but this time it could be…
Furnace cities
It's possible to see, right now, what global warming will eventually do…
The soft power of the United Nations
Joseph Stalin once dismissed the relevance of "soft power by asking, "How…
NDP favors patronage over politics, say analysts
CAIRO: Despite a highly marketed effort at modernization, Egypt s ruling party…
Fresh water makes good neighbors
You're back, and you're in one piece! is a phrase that I…
Grand Mufti says media misquoted 'drowning fatwa'
CAIRO: Mufti Ali Gomaa denied Tuesday false claims made by the media…
Techniques of deception: From Popper to Rove and back
In his novel 1984, George Orwell chillingly described a totalitarian regime in…
Sadat's Journey, 30 Years After
If "one man of courage makes a majority, as Andrew Jackson said,…