Book Review - The Bubble of American Supremacy, By George Soros
George Soros is the well-known, fabulously wealthy speculator who has written prolifically on matters political and global. Readers may recall – as he recalls ruefully here – that in 1997 he made an “unconditional prediction” about the “imminent collapse of the global capitalist system.”
Book Review - Culture and Resistance: Conversations with Edward Said
The late Edward W. Said was one of the world's greatest literary and cultural critics. This book of interviews is one of his last works. In it Said puts forth his ideas for building a secular democratic Middle East and discusses the role of culture in the struggle of oppressed peoples to attain justice and equality.