Socially, relations between the U.S. and Russia have come an incredibly long way over the past two decades. Political relations, however, still have a long way to go.
New technology enabling the extraction of shale oil from Israel's Shfela Basin could well be one of the most geo-politically consequential discoveries of the twenty-first century.
I suggest tuning into the medium-sized brouhaha that has emerged in the wake of "A Gay Girl in Damascus" - an affair far more morally and politically significant than what a Long Island congressman decided to do with his digitally-rendered private parts.
