Tragedy and Hope
David Tswamuno is both the tragedy and hope of Zimbabwe
A Life in Three Acts
When F Scott Fitzgerald wrote that there were no second acts in American lives, he had been working as a screenwriter in Hollywood
The Way It Was
One wonders whether Wolf Blitzer, the CNN news anchor, cringes every time he has to say on air that his network has "the best political team in the business"
Chicago Riffs
I am headed home to Washington after an afternoon in Chicago
Mbeki's Fate Memetically Sealed. Zuma's?
A meme is an infectious chunk of information or prejudice that tells people what to think about subjects which they do not have the time, inclination or courage to weigh up for themselves
