Thinking back to early December, we’re still not sure whether the visit to France by the Libyan dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, was good or bad. Good, because even members of French…
Michael Young
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Over the past years, Capitalist Culture has been a regular feature of Executive, so what better occasion than this 100th anniversary issue to look back at the column, and more…
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Lebanon has often been referred to as the “Switzerland of the Middle East,” a line once taken seriously until the 1975-1990 war brought on howls of laughter whenever that cliché…
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One aspect of any form of capitalist culture — a culture of openness, cosmopolitanism, free minds and free markets — is the rule of law. With September 25 set as…
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In July, a controversy erupted when two Israel journalists traveling under foreign passports came to Lebanon to report on the country a year after the summer 2006 war. The pair,…
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For some people, the humiliation of Paul Wolfowitz, who atthe end of this month will step down as president of theWorld Bank after allegedly showing favoritism for his femalecompanion, Shaha…
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Four months into the opposition’s descent on the Soliderearea in protest, it is increasingly plain that the effortwas a remarkable success. No, the Seniora government is notabout to fall, nor…
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Little has excited the Lebanese in recent months, thoughmuch has contributed to their anxiety. However, it was onenews item in February that seemed to hit public moralehardest. From an initial…
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Going back some 30 years, many Lebanese will recall that their civil war, which began in 1975, was mostly understandable to them through three mediums: newspapers, radio, and the more…
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Amid all the hoopla over how the United States should conduct its war in Iraq, very little attention has been paid to what looked like a good idea when President…