• President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to seek statehood recognition for Palestine at the United Nations this week has educed palpable emotions from parties on either side of the divide. Chief among them, the decision of the world’s sole superpower, the United States, to veto any such resolution at the Security Council. While it is widely noted…

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  • It is fascinating to think, if James Madison, the putative father of the United States Constitution, were to be alive in these turbulent times, would he still have a head full of hair.  Or, overwhelmed with exasperation and helplessness, he is on his way to pulling out the very last strand. It’s been a decade…

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