Resume normal programing
After weeks of broadcasting war-mongering propaganda, Lebanese television stations have resumed their usual diet of music videos, soap…
Red carpet election: Is the show over?
As we watched a series of foreign dignitaries step out of armored SUVs and Mercedes sedans at the…
Sleiman mania
For some reason, the term ‘overkill’ has not worked its way into the Lebanese vocabulary. When a new…
Talking to a Hezbollah handyman
Hezbollah is associated with a lot of horrible things in the West, but few would attribute lane painting…
Clean up and move on?
Shockingly, the Lebanese leaders seem to have agreed and the most symbolic evidence of this is the end…
A polite militia
A lot has been said about all the terrible things that happened in West Beirut last week: the…
Sleiman for president?
It seems the Lebanese politicians in Doha have agreed on at least one thing: elect Army general Michel…
Don’t come back from Doha
As Lebanese politicians try to make peace in Qatar this weekend–or at least say they are trying to…
“West Beirut” revival
For the past few days, many Lebanese have been using the term “West Beirut” as in easy way…
Victory by bulldozer
In what would appear to be a shining moment in the history of the construction industry, road clearing…