June 2001 The wise and moral man Shines like a fire on a hilltop Who does not hurt the flower. Such a man makes his pile As an anthill, gradually Grown wealthy, he thus And firmly binds his friends…
[This is a sidebar article to the May/June 2011 cover story, “Breathing Room: Toward a new Arab media,” which you can read here.] Back in November 2008, I skewered Al Jazeera English’s live…
The New York Times, Aug. 30, 1988 SARASOTA, Fla. — What happened, America? You used to work so well. For a decade, in my travels as a foreign correspondent, I wrestled with telephones and…