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On June 18, Foreign Policy Magazine (to which I subscribe) issued its annual list of the ‘Top 100 Twitterati‘.  The list was good, if predictable, certainly a helpful way for foreign policy wonks new to Twitter to find some conversation partners. What this year’s list was seriously lacking, however, was women.  Though I did not […]

Sheherazade is a particularly lovely name, evocative of the legendary 1001 nights.  It was unfortunate, then, when news emerged that the former Assad aide newsanchor Barbara Walters had bent over backward helping held the name: Sheherazad Jaafari. More unfortunate, however, is the low to which several prominent newspapers sunk in trying to cover the story. […]