I don't want to give you the wrong impression - and make you think that I give a gibbon's blue goolies whether or not John Sergeant and some horse-thighed Croatian belly-dancer were robbed of a chance to win that game show - but there was one vein of ...

21 Nov 2008

O.K., so if the phone call comes at 3 a.m., Barack Obama will be able to transfer it to Hillary Clinton. At the ugliest stage of the race between Obama and Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Clinton's campaign aired a commercial ...

21 Nov 2008

Barack Obama is reportedly prepared to announce after Thanksgiving that he is inviting Hillary Clinton into his cabinet. Clinton, who is still struggling with whether to say yes, could have an enhanced role in the Senate if she stays. Have Gov. David ...

21 Nov 2008

I have been asked to share my vision for India. I must confess that I am a little wary of talking about the so-called ‘Vision Thing’ at a time like the one we are now passing through, which is truly extraordinary in the history of India and the ...

21 Nov 2008

Rampant piracy offshore and an advance by Islamist rebels on Mogadishu have put Somalia's long-running civil conflict in the global spotlight. Here are some possible scenarios for the country. * After a two-year insurgency, Islamist fighters are ...

21 Nov 2008

Sorting out the Roman Polanski saga is not easy. His rape case is not only 31 years old, it is rife with sordid exaggerations, rumour-mongering, intrigue and complex moral issues that can, and do, cloud the facts. So it is remarkable that director ...

21 Nov 2008