Not for the first time, Barack Obama said all the right things at the AIPAC dinner over the weekend. All of the expected words and sentiments were out in force—tributes to the enduring friendship between the two nations, reassurances of shared goals and acknowledgments of common strategic interests. Read More
It’s hardly a secret that the Obama White House and the Netanyahu government don’t always see eye to eye. Nor is it a news break to note that some, perhaps even many, Americans disagree with Israeli policy on a range of issues, many of them, of course, related to ongoing tensions with the Palestinians. There Read More
Malcolm Gladwell is sick and tired of hearing about the way social media will change the world for the better. In a lengthy article this week comparing online activism to the Civil Rights movement, The New Yorker scribe belittles Web 2.0′s importance as a tool for social change. “A networked, weak-tie world is good Read More
Not deviating from Swiss stereotypes regarding any matter politically charged, Piaget SA, the maker of gold and diamond-encrusted watches, has disavowed any connection to the 36-story office tower that bears its name. “Piaget the brand is not affiliated with this,” said spokeswoman Karen Blum in an email—“this” referring to the address 650 Fifth Avenue.
The Read More
On a dreary Friday morning at 650 Fifth Avenue, a day after the U.S. government announced it would seize the building because of ownership links to Iran, it was just another day at the office. Most employees who worked there had little reaction to the seizure, and no one reported anything unusual about the building. Read More
Citigroup, Joseph Abboud, Kurt Salmon Associates, Pali Capital, and the Liz Claiborne Art Ortenberg Foundation are just a few of the bold-faced names who may have been paying rent to the Iranian government for their offices in a Fifth Avenue skyscraper, according to real estate sources, the tenants’ own Web sites, and a complaint filed Read More
The White House made clear on Sunday that Barack Obama will proceed with his push for diplomatic engagement with Iran, no matter the outcome of the current upheaval in the Islamic Republic.
Appearing on several Sunday morning talk shows, Susan Rice, Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations, and David Axelrod, one of the Read More
Obama handed his opponents a weapon when he said he’ll engage Iran in the wake of the post-election Read More
On the morning of Monday, June 22, television producers across the city grappled with a difficult question—how much of Neda’s death do we show on TV?
Over the weekend, Neda Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old Iranian woman, was shot and killed in the streets of Tehran, nearby clashes between pro-government militias and demonstrators. Her tragic final Read More
Among the many lessons learned from this “new media revolution” spurred by the violent protests in Iran, one is that we are all aggregators.
The Huffington Post, Andrew Sullivan and Nate Silver are not the only ones. Anyone posting links to stories Read More
