Searching for a steady reporting job or freelance work is a lot like dating. You present the best version of yourself in an attractive, accessible, and desirable package and hope the potential employer or lover is interested. Ideally you want to be the one to make the final determination about...

Gamal Ali, a Darfuri cab driver, dropped me off in front of the United Nations headquarters two weeks ago and asked me about the International Criminal Court's indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. "You work inside?" he asked. "ICC Criminal Court? You think they'll arrest Bashir?"

I explained that it...

The last time Hezbollah shut down the city of Beirut in January 2007 it was not an act of war. I was living there reporting for the English-Language daily newspaper the Daily Star.

Last night when I went to sleep in Brooklyn, after reading (the meager English-language) reports of...

Here are the craziest rumors people are spreading about the 2008 Presidential Candidates. It is amazing what you can find on the Internet!

1. Dennis Kucinich sees UFO
Dennis Kucinich had an "extremely...