The financial turmoil in Dubai this week provides yet more motivation for Globophobe to post. We first went to the emirate exactly eight years ago to work on a conference organized by the office of the Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al...

The massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao this week was so atrocious and senseless that Globophobe feels compelled to post a comment, something that we have not had much time to do of late. Among those killed were a dozen journalists. This has made the...