By Gary Brecher
Ouattara: Whattarya, A Muslim Militant… Things are popping on the comment front.
Apr 6, 2011 | Comments (56)
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By Gary Brecher
Strange doings in Ivory Coast. Well, no, actually; what’s going on in Ivory Coast is perfectly standard West African procedure. The strange goings-on are in the way the UN has been handling things and the press has been reporting them.
Apr 5, 2011 | Comments (48)
By Gary Brecher
One of the more interesting questions out of Libya is the tangled problem of who’s who, and who’s on who’s side. I’m starting to get some idea of who’s against Qaddafi—basically the young men, the East, and the tribes loyal to the king he booted out to take power.
Apr 4, 2011 | Comments (43)
By Eileen Jones
Insidious is a rotten movie getting unaccountably good reviews in some quarters. For instance, Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly says: “Insidious is a haunted-house movie that has some of the most shivery and indelible images I’ve seen in any horror…
Apr 3, 2011 | Comments (18)
By Gary Brecher
Thaddeus Stevens: Weird-looking, huh? That’s because he was a real American. Extinct now. Looks like they’re starting to find the mass graves in Ivory Coast right on schedule, but I’m going to leave the hard war news for the five…
Apr 3, 2011 | Comments (106)
By Gary Brecher
Grant: Never Got Over Junior High Friday nights I read Civil War books. I noticed a European said in the comments last week how sick he is of the US Civil War. Well, my hemispherically-challenged bud, you’re not going…
Apr 2, 2011 | Comments (40)
By Gary Brecher
Today the action moves south, off the Libyan beaches and into the rain forest of the Ivory Coast, where rebel forces have just taken the big city, Abidjan.
Apr 1, 2011 | Comments (42)
