The Contrarian Progressive

Did you see this picture  on the right? This is IMF Managing Director talking to Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. Doesn't her...

Two days ago I was in midtown Manhattan and it was Ash Wednesday . Many people with ash crosses on their foreheads moved around me. Some jok...

You probably heard that Marie Colvin, an American journalist working for the Sunday Times and Remi Ochlik, a freelance photo journalist were...

When Christine Lagarde was appointed IMF Managing Director I was not overly impressed. I assumed that she would do a decent job and I liked ...

BBC reported that the Harper government is muzzling its scientists on climate change. The allegation of "muzzling" came up at a ...

Yesterday, I suggested that the crisis around the attempt to criminalize Kurdish opening policy should not be seen as a purge operation betw...

I was in Istanbul last week, on a business trip. Every day, Turkish papers, usually full of provocative pictures and gossipy news items ab...