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It is not that he dislikes power or the perks that come with it—his elated explanation to Oprah Winfrey about the joys of having White House butlers, servants, guards, and other attendants testifies to that. But he dislikes the public give-and-take of politics. He distrusts the idea that political decisions are supposed to be a collaborative enterprise involving experts and executives with conflicting interests, simi

It is not that he dislikes power or the perks that come with it—his elated explanation to Oprah Winfrey about the joys of having White House butlers, servants, guards, and other attendants testifies to that. But he dislikes the public give-and-take of politics. He distrusts the idea that political decisions are supposed to be a collaborative enterprise involving experts and executives with conflicting interests, simi

Al Jazeera is popular because the channel is a virtual democracy for those in the Middle East who cannot yet have a real one.

In the past few days, he’s caught a break. The mayor of Chicago decided not to run for reelection. That means his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, will be seeking “other opportunities” and the president won’t have to worry about firing him.

who introduced the word gharbzadegi, "Westoxification,"