Epstein Secrets

maintains a complex relationship with its other longtime ally in the region, Iran. Historically, first under the tsars and then under the Soviets, Tehran feared Russian expansionism. With the break-up of the Soviet Union, however, relations improved greatly, as Russian and Iranian interests began to

call. In the furor that exists in the U.S. today about BDS and the right and wrong of a cultural boycott of Israel, a quote from one of my heroes, Mahatma Gandhi, has been on my mind. He prophetically said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." The BDS movement i

cally said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." The BDS movement is fulfilling its promise and fits Gandhi's description. Once dismissed by many as a futile strategy that would "never work," BDS has gained much ground in recent weeks, bringing with it th

ime in Iran. White House officials last week were circulating a news report that Iran had pledged $5.8 billion in emergency aid to Assad's regime. Tehran and Damascus may once have pretended that they supported the Arab Spring, but no longer. If Assad falls to citizen protests, the Iranians know they

hard nut. The mahatma and his cause, the freedom of India from the British empire, were real ideological items just before mid-century. For Rick, Gandhi is an inheritance from his father, Sidney, who was a journalist and a professional activist in a range of "good causes," from socialism to isolatio

ade him editor of TNR twice. We are friends—I would even say loving friends—but with a deep undercurrent of testy ideological distrust. His hero is Mahatma Gandhi. Mine is George Washington. Maybe there's the difference in a nutshell, one a nutcase and a pretentious nutcase at that, the other a hard nut. The

ime in Iran. White House officials last week were circulating a news report that Iran had pledged $5.8 billion in emergency aid to Assad's regime. Tehran and Damascus may once have pretended that they supported the Arab Spring, but no longer. If Assad falls to citizen protests, the Iranians know they

ade him editor of TNR twice. We are friends—I would even say loving friends—but with a deep undercurrent of testy ideological distrust. His hero is Mahatma Gandhi. Mine is George Washington. Maybe there's the difference in a nutshell, one a nutcase and a pretentious nutcase at that, the other a hard nut. The

hard nut. The mahatma and his cause, the freedom of India from the British empire, were real ideological items just before mid-century. For Rick, Gandhi is an inheritance from his father, Sidney, who was a journalist and a professional activist in a range of "good causes," from socialism to isolatio

it. USA Today (7/28, Hjelmgaard, 10.31M) reports that the "war games and military drills that illustrate the persistent threat of conflict between Tehran and Washington." US Navy Fifth Fleet spokeswoman Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich said in an emailed statement that the Navy was aware of the military exerci

, 'H.R. 7276, East Africa Locust Eradication Act, 'H.R. 6334, Securing America From Epidemics Act; 'H.R. 4644, Libya Stabilization Act', 'H.R. 5517, Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act, 'H.R. 5586, Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act; 'H.R. 3331, C

it. USA Today (7/28, Hjelmgaard, 10.31M) reports that the "war games and military drills that illustrate the persistent threat of conflict between Tehran and Washington." US Navy Fifth Fleet spokeswoman Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich said in an emailed statement that the Navy was aware of the military exerci

'H.R. 7276, East Africa Locust Eradication Act', 'H.R. 6334, Securing America From Epidemics Act; 'H.R. 4644, Libya Stabilization Act', 'H.R. 5517, Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act, 'H.R. 5586, Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act; 'H.R. 3331, C

experience to guide our chosen experiences. Orgasms and eating are two of the great pleasures in life, whether you live in Tokyo, Toronto, Toulouse, Tehran or Timbuktu? I doubt any healthy human adult would debate this. What can be debated is what counts as the ultimate orgasm or food experience. It can

innocent while developing inside the caterpillar. Once the larvae hatch, they are treated to an unprecedented level of care from the caterpillar who, Gandhi-like, foregoes all eating and moving to protect its adopted young, including violent head-swings against any intruder. The wasp has effectively brain

spect of daily interactions with Iranian officialdom, that it is no longer noteworthy. For those in the West who seek to better understand what makes Tehran tick, though, the regime's curious fixation on sex cannot be ignored. To paraphrase the late U.S. House Speaker Tip O'Neill, in the Islamic Republi

smay, a sizable chunk of Iran's liberal intelligentsia -- both male and female -- lined up behind Khomeini, some even referring to him as an "Iranian Gandhi." Shortly after consolidating power, however, Khomeini and his disciples swiftly moved to crush opposing views and curtail female social and sartoria