Charles Glass

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Charles Glass was ABC News Chief Middle East Correspondent from 1983 to 1993. His books include Tribes with Flags (Atlantic Monthly Press,1990) and Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation (Penguin Press, 2010).


The Obamaverse

Obama: The Great Self-Compromiser

Obama: The Great Self-Compromiser

I should have sent President Obama a present for his fiftieth birthday last week, but I

Middle East

The Two-State Solution

The Two-State Solution

Try to see it from the other guy’s point of view. He may be wrong. He may be, at

Middle East

Another Dead Journalist

Another Dead Journalist

The first email came on May 31 from London’s Pluto Press, saying that one of their

Scandal

Strauss-Kahn: From Accused Rapist to Headline Thief

Strauss-Kahn: From Accused Rapist to Headline Thief

They say no money was paid and no prisoners were exchanged. I’m not talking about

Warshington

Slowly We Turn

Slowly We Turn

Obama is pulling American troops out of Afghanistan. Or at least he says he is. He also

Uncle Sam

Obama: Transparently Opaque

Obama: Transparently Opaque

What’s going on with Barack “Open Government” Obama? His Justice Department has

Education

Reading, Writing, and Rupert

Reading, Writing, and Rupert

The Briterati, as I call Britain’s media pontificators on matters spiritual and

Politics

Lame Horses and Crooked Jockeys: The Republican Nomination Derby

Lame Horses and Crooked Jockeys: The Republican Nomination Derby

Mitt Romney declared his intention last week to seek the Republican Party’s

Media

Hang the Cyber-Pirates

Hang the Cyber-Pirates

The other night at the Hotel George V, the American Library in Paris held a fundraising

Middle East Conflict

Likudniks

Likudniks

You have to love Likud, Israel’s governing party. Its politicians may not be as

Rocket Science

Operation Enduring Operation

Operation Enduring Operation

Most versions of the Saint George legend tell us that when the great Christian slew the

Terror!

An Expat Named Superman

An Expat Named Superman

There were two huge stories last week in American mythmaking: The United States has

Middle East

Leave Syria to the Syrians

Leave Syria to the Syrians

This is not a good time to be running the Middle East desk at the State Department. If

Journalism

Photographers: The First Casualties of War

Photographers: The First Casualties of War

When journalists die in some foreign field, they die for you. Without them, your

War

War: Still a Racket

War: Still a Racket

Barack Obama campaigned for president on a promise to end the war in Iraq and “finish

Israel

Goldstone’s Guide to Gaza

Goldstone’s Guide to Gaza

It takes courage to confront Israel on the battlefield. Egypt, Syria, and Jordan’s

Cultural Caviar

Let Us Now Praise Old Men

Let Us Now Praise Old Men

(with apologies to James Agee, author of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, 1941) In Paris

Human Rights

An Open Letter to the US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

An Open Letter to the US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

Dear Dr. Gates, Your cautious appraisal of a proposed American military intervention

Media

Murdoch the Media Monopolist

Murdoch the Media Monopolist

Evidence is mounting that Rupert Murdoch’s British media empire conspired illegally

Women

Women and Democracy in the Middle East

Women and Democracy in the Middle East

One of Israel’s finest journalists, Gideon Levy, wrote in the daily Haaretz, “Just

Public Nuisances

Ex-Politicians Shouldn’t Talk

Ex-Politicians Shouldn’t Talk

Politicians, especially those who climbed to the top, should disappear when they leave

Middle East

Spirit of 1848

Spirit of 1848

It began when Mohamed Bouazizi, a twenty-six-year-old fruit seller, set himself alight

Commerce

Politicians and Freebies

Politicians and Freebies

First it was Tunisia’s Zein El Abidine Ben Ali. Then it was Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak.

Media

I Wish I Were in Cairo

I Wish I Were in Cairo

It is hard for an old hack like me to sit still when a big story is unfolding. Not so

International Affairs

Egypt Surprises the West Again

Egypt Surprises the West Again

My old political philosophy teacher Professor Yusuf Ibish outlined the conditions he

Over the Hill

Aging More Gracefully Than England

Aging More Gracefully Than England

As I write these words and watch them grow into sentences, I am living the final hours

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