It is difficult not to smile at the irony of the Sirius Star, a 320000 tonne behemoth, capitulating so easily to a small group of Somali pirates who tracked the supertanker and boarded it off a small powerboat. The fact that a Saudi company owned the VLCC only added spice to… Read full post »

To this observer, sitting twelve thousand miles and twelve hours in time zones away, it's fascinating how American political comment regularly turns to sport when a metaphor becomes necessary. Fascinating, not only because this illuminates the nature of the American political game, but also because i… Read full post »