Los Abrazos Rotos: Pedro Almodavar's New Movie

Michael Jones, 12.21.2009

Read, surf, think

Los Abrazos Rotos sounds so much more romantic, and reflects better, to this non-Spanish speaker, the complicated story that this movie tells than Broken Embraces.

For a Bargain: A Repositioning Transatlantic Crossing

Lea Lane, 12.21.2009

Author, six books; editor, sololady.com

I'm writing this watching waves fold to the horizon under a cloud dabbled gray-blue sky in the middle of the Atlantic. I'm on the Azamara Journey, the...

"Cocaine Mafia"

Current TV’s “Vanguard”, 12.10.2009

I grew up hearing about Colombian drug cartels dumping huge amounts of cocaine into the United States to feed America's insatiable craving for the fin...

Forget about Dubai. The real problem is in Europe

Edward Harrison, 11.30.2009

Banking and finance specialist, Global Macro Advisors

Willem Buiter has just taken on a new role at Citigroup. The news of Willem Buiter's role as Chief Economist at Citigroup comes via DealBook at the Ne...

The Story of the Nokia Tune

Alex Henry, 11.19.2009

Writer

Though I recently gave into the iPhone, I was for many years a Nokia man. And for most of those years I contented myself with the default ring tone, k...

Can DIY Become Tradition or is Canning Just the New Sewing?

Kirsten Dirksen, 10.27.2009

Co-founder of faircompanies.com

Maybe re-learning to make things and grow things needs to be done for the acts themselves. Maybe we'd actually be happier being a bit more connected, even at the price of convenience.

Jose Cuervo Marks a Milestone Anniversary With a New Tequila -- And It's Only $2,250 a Bottle

Tony Sachs, 10.20.2009

Pop music know-it-all, spirits enthusiast, baseball obsessive, bon vivant

If you're a tequila connoisseur, isn't the urge to sample it overwhelming? And if you're not, who wouldn't like to own something so exclusive that it's in only 494 other liquor cabinets?

The South African Talks: A Template for Peace

Michael Young, 10.20.2009

Mediator in the talks that ended apartheid in South Africa

The South African peace negotiations template can serve as a model for facilitating peace efforts around the world today, from the Middle East, to Afghanistan, to Iran, to the Basque area of Spain.

Some Thoughts on Columbus Day

Jesse Larner, 10.13.2009

Jesse Larner is a New York-based writer on politics and culture.

But my students could not get their minds around the idea that Columbus could be a slaver, an imperialist, a violent missionary, a bad man -- and also be a great explorer.

The economic rain in Spain falls heavily on immigrants

Crossover Dreams, 10.15.2009

A blog on migration by writers for IPS, a global non-profit newswire

By Tito Drago, Director of Inter Press Service Spain (IPS). Tito Drago (right) with Spanish judge | (derecha) con el juez español Baltasar Garz...

Exploring Cultural Diplomacy Through the Aspen Institute

Pamela Auchincloss, 10.05.2009

Cultural diplomacy. What exactly does this mean and why organize a global forum around it?

Zapatero Discovers America

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort, 10.16.2009

Author of The Monfort Plan

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain, will visit the White House this coming October 13, 2009. In his first visit to the White House ...

Boycotts, Brides, and 50,000+ Reasons Leonard Cohen Played in Israel

Karin Kloosterman, 11.29.2009

Editor, GreenProphet.com

It's a big commitment for artists to come to Israel. I can't think of one big act that has come to Israel without pro-Palestinian organizations boycotting against them. With all the bad press, who wants to be bothered?

The Spanish Government Boycotts the Environment

Karin Kloosterman, 11.26.2009

Editor, GreenProphet.com

Boycotting and destabilizing a country's business heart for political reasons is fine in my books. But boycotting art, schools, or the environment? S...

Environmental Warfare in 10 years

Diane Francis, 11.22.2009

Editor at Large, the National Post

Oil company CEOs and Canadian, U.S. and British government officials attending the Global Business Forum in Banff last week heard a chilling forecast of military clashes if there is an environmental meltdown due to climate change.

Media Mud Pies: CNN's Embarrassing Response to Fox

Linda Milazzo, 11.21.2009

Writer/Educator/Activist

In response to Fox's childish and embarrassing ad in the Washington Post that challenged competitors' coverage of the 9/12 teabaggers, CNN is airing this equally chilidish and embarrassing ad.

Seven Ways To Be Happy in a Smoking Country

Michael Melcher, 11.16.2009

Executive coach and writer

I didn't fly to Spain to mainline other people's nicotine, but on the other hand I didn't fly to Spain to be crabby and obsessive. What to do?

Spanish Judge Resumes Torture Case Against Six Senior Bush Lawyers

Andy Worthington, 11.08.2009

Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"

Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration lawyers for implementing torture at Guantánamo.

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet, 08.31.2009

Editors of Simple Intelligence

This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Push for Peace in Israel SI Analysis: The Obama administration is making a concerted effort to restart pe...

The Price of Intervention: Autism Underground

Amanda Copeland, 08.28.2009

Documentary filmmaker and autism activist

There were doctors throughout the United States who believed autism is treatable. None of the specialists I had seen had told me anything about this; the party line was that autism could not be treated.

America Doesn't Suck After All: Confederation Cup 2009, South Africa

David Henry Sterry, 07.29.2009

America didn't win their first international soccer tournament. But sometimes winning isn't the only thing. Sometimes getting to the finals is the next step toward winning the finals.