Month: October 2020

 “When the George W. Bush administration took office in January 2001, it seemed more likely to take a softer line on Iran than a harder one. American oil companies widely favored lifting the sanctions, and the background of many Bush administration officials in the oil industry (the President included) led many to speculate that they …

In the 1960 film, “Ocean’s Eleven,” Veterans of the 82nd Airborne Division devise an elaborate plot to simultaneously rob five casinos on New Year’s Eve. In one scene, one of the “Eleven” questioning the likelihood of pulling off the robbery, asks Danny Ocean, played by Frank Sinatra, “if it’s so easy why hasn’t anyone done …