by Zoë Pollock Javier Bardem on acting in English: You live your life in Spanish and you've suffered and enjoyed and had pleasures and pains in Spanish. Words have an emotional resonance in you, huge emotional echoes, when you're speaking in your own language. … When you're speaking in a foreign language, there's like an […]
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The Foreign Tongue
Saturday, January 1, 2011
by Zoë Pollock Javier Bardem on acting in English: You live your life in Spanish and you've suffered and enjoyed and had pleasures and pains in Spanish. Words have an emotional resonance in you, huge emotional echoes, when you're speaking in your own language. … When you're speaking in a foreign language, there's like an […]
The late 1970s want their American foreign policy back, Part Two
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
(Paul) A few days ago, we noted the strange fact that the Obama administration is pleased with Colombia’s new president for cozying up to Hugo Chavez, the long-time sworn enemy of Colombia. Never mind that the Venezuelan tyrant is also the sworn enemy of the United States. And never mind that he reportedly is now […]
Inside Charlie Wilson’s FBI File: Sex, Drugs And Foreign Wars
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
In life, Rep. Charlie Wilson was surrounded by legends of his high living, but it was never quite clear where the reality ended and the legend began. The feds seemingly had a similar problem figuring that out, if the late congressman’s recently disclosed FBI file indication, as it mentions a rumored photo of Wilson on […]
This is the late ’70s calling, we want our American foreign policy back
Monday, December 27, 2010
(Paul) “Colombia’s new leader seen as good for U.S.” So reads a headline on the front page of today’s Washington Post. Why is Columbia’s president Juan Manuel Santos seen as good for the United States? I figured it must be because, like his immensely popular predecessor Alvaro Uribe, he is maintaining excellent relations with the […]
Where is this place? Foreign workers don’t want to learn the local language
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Imagine a nation where many people come to work and don’t understand the native language. Some find it difficult, others just don’t want to bother to learn it. They prefer another language. No, I’m talking about the United States. The country is Saudi Arabia. And the favored language for many of its foreign workers is English. Technorati tags: Saudi […]
The US Should Give More Foreign Aid, Poll Suggest Americans Would Go For That
Thursday, December 23, 2010
[What follows is only my personal opinion. I don’t claim my authority as a pastor for it. It’s just me and, as always, I could be completely wrong.] The daily headlines suggest that the United States and all western democracies are, in the days ahead, facing not fewer but more threats from terrorists-whether they’re violent […]
Looking at Brazil’s Foreign Policy
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Latin America is increasingly turning into a geo-political and international challenge. On the one hand, Venezuela, under the leadership of Hugo Chavez, continues to support the Colombian narco-guerrilla group known as the FARC. The FARC protects the activities of drug cartels, and cooperates with terrorist groups such as Hezbollah. On the other hand, a number […]
Sudden Dismissal of Foreign Minister a sign of political battle in Iran
Sunday, December 19, 2010
This post was originally appeared on IsraeliGirl, and is reposted here with permission. Sudden Dismissal of Foreign Minister a sign of political battle in Iran President Ahmadinejad abruptly decided last week to sack Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, shocking the political system in Iran. Mottaki was away on a diplomatic trip to the West African nation […]
Dismissal of Foreign Minister a Sign of Political Battle in Iran
Sunday, December 19, 2010
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Incoming House Foreign Relations chair blasts Obama for “blank check” to Palestinian Authority
Friday, December 17, 2010
“I think that’s the wrong approach, when we’re forcing the Israelis to make concessions and we’re giving the Palestinians anything they want.” Indeed. “Ros-Lehtinen: Obama wrong to give ‘blank check’ to PA,” by Hilary Leila Krieger in the Jerusalem Post, December 17: WASHINGTON – Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, incoming chairwoman of… Jihad Watch
What Is The Source of Obama Administration Failures in Foreign Policy?
Thursday, December 16, 2010
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DeMint Says More Time Needed to Debate START; Administration Points Out He Missed 7 of 12 Foreign Relations Hearings on Subject
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Frustrated with Sen. Jim DeMint’s support for a move to require an oral reading of the START nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia – a move that could take as long as 12-15 hours in these waning lame duck days — an Obama administration official notes that DeMint only attended five of the 12 Senate Foreign […]
Ahmadinejad Fires Foreign Minister: A Sign of Rising Internal Tensions
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The sudden firing of Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki while he was abroad on a diplomatic mission lying for his country is a sign of growing political tension within Iran’s increasingly isolated government. The abrupt sacking of Mottaki, who has served as Iran’s top diplomat since the installation of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government in 2005, is another […]
Why Do Europeans Know The Size of Foreign Aid, and Americans Don’t
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Xavier Marquez raises a very interesting question. European public opinion turns out to be uncannily accurate at determining the answer to that question, far more than Americans, to the extent to which I wonder if the results discussed in this post are not simply driven by the way the question is asked in the US. […]
