Pakistan's Change of Guard and General Ashfaq Kayani's Legacy

Pakistan's Change of Guard and General Ashfaq Kayani's Legacy
The commentary on the appointment of General Sharif as the new army chief is similar to that we have all read in the past about his predecessor, General Kayani. But the new commander, we are told, represents a new beginning. He is non-political … Read more on Daily Beast

All They Want For Xmas Is Shoppers
Four were dead and dozens injured in an early-morning New York City train derailment, and firefighters needed help extricating the wounded. What followed was remarkable. The first of the seven cars in the Sunday morning train derailment in the Bronx … Read more on Daily Beast

'New York' Mag & the Cruel Double Meaning of 'Biweekly'
In 1844, a correspondent wrote to the Southern Literary Messenger complaining about the ambiguity of “bimonthly” in magazine publishing: “When a newspaper is published 'bi-weekly', we receive two copies a week…but the 'New York Journal of Medicine … Read more on Daily Beast