In early November, the Western media was awash with material celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Not surprisingly, these echoes had turned into a hollow…
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Capitalist Culture
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When it comes to major political and economic policies in the Middle East, is the United States about to break a six decade-long habit? That the question can be asked…
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A year since the meltdown of world financial markets and the bleeding appears to have been staunched, but still there is no agreement on the proper reaction to and path…
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In the first weeks of trying to form a government, the prime minister-designate, Saad Hariri, reportedly held meetings to see how he and his ministers might affect economic reform. It…
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Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo last month provoked mixed reviews. Some said the US president spent too much time apologizing for American behavior in the Middle East; others said his…
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Rarely has the Middle East been as distant as it is today from the principles of capitalist culture — a culture of open minds and open markets. Some markets are…
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After nearly seven years, the tape came off MTV’s mouth last month, or so an advertising billboard told us before the April 7 relaunching of the television station. MTV was…
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Ever since the financial crisis hit last October, rarely a day goes by without another article being published suggesting how we must all develop a greater social conscience when it…
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What does political murder have to do with capitalist culture? Quite a bit actually, in that the rule of law is better able to protect the free minds and free…
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As the carnage in Gaza escalated in January, about the most popular foreign leader in the region was the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. We might be able to understand the…
