His brothers get TV characters named Gold, so why shouldn't he? Plus the audacity of 'The Audacity of Hope,' and more in the news Kassin, 89, was at center of scheme that resulted in '09 N.J. arrests  | |  In a pair of influential speeches to the Arab world, Obama has presented incompatibly multiculturalist and universalist positions. To lead in the Middle East, he must choose one. After nearly two and a half years of exercising what many believe to have been a cautiously pragmatic approach to the Middle East, President Barack Obama's "Arab Spring" speech clearly suggested he believes it is time to try something new. "After decades of accepting the world as it is in the region, we have a chance to pursue the world as it should be," the president said. Obama's resolve to take a step back from the conventional realpolitik that has governed U.S. policy in the Middle East has recently led the White House to conclude that it's time, in the words of one senior presidential aide, "to lay out some principles." More  | What says summer more than a holiday barbecue? But an afternoon of grilling, drinking, and friendly conversation with neighbors is one man's nightmare. More |  | As the great French intellectual Simone Weil understood, modern life is all about work and war. Memorial Day and Labor Day, then, are perfect opportunities to take stock of our modern condition. More BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | |
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