Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

JUNE 24, 2013 REMEMBRANCE In Baghdad With the Relentless Reporter What made Michael Hastings so good. BY JOE TRIPPI WORLD Egypt Will Erupt Again on June 30 A new day of nationwinde protests is unlikely to end well.                                    BY ERIC TRAGER The Perfect Show-Trial for the Putin Era The trial of Moscow's May 6 protesters begins today.  There's little doubt about how it will end. BY JOSHUA YAFFA The NSA Scandal Was Good for Obama While no one was watching, the snooping story muscled all those other controversies out of the way. BY TOD LINDBERG   Paula Deen Is Confusing People The Deen case has brought with it a strange epidemic of people pretending to be a lot more stupid than they actually are. BY ISAAC CHOTINER