The World Economic Forum is at present once again unfolding in Davos, Switzerland.  --  (Events there can be followed better than in previous years thanks to the recent introduction of the "Davos Conversation" web site, which promotes openness and where one can read the blogs of several participants, including Jim Wallis, Joseph Nye, Hossein Haqqani, Ariana Huffington, etc.)  --  In a piece published Saturday in the Financial Times, "Mrs. Moneypenny" tried to understand why she has never been invited to Davos, on which the British daily reports extensively.[1] ...

On Friday the Los Angeles Times published a remarkable piece by Rosa Brooks taking Iraqis to task for their ingratitude to the U.S.[1]  --  Rosa Brooks is a law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center....