John Dunlevy of Chicago Reader linked first on March 11, 2010 at 5:36PM EST
John said: "But one of the basic rules of diplomacy is that American presidents never publicly insist on something they aren’t sure of getting — at least not without a backup plan. By the time Mr. Netanyahu finally acceded to a 10-month partial halt that exempted Jerusalem, the Palestinians felt so burned that the peace effort collapsed."
John Dunlevy of Chicago Reader linked first on March 2, 2010 at 11:06AM EST
John said: Simon Kuper: "Football is not 'big business'. It's a piddling industry. Clubs such as Portsmouth rarely make profits and shouldn't even try to. Instead of pretending they are Tesco, they should model themselves on not-for-profit local museums."