Category Archives: Book Review

Steadfast ElBaradei

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Muller

According to former UN nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei’s recent account The Age of Deception – Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times, there have been just a few good men who were struggling, after having had painfully experienced large-scale fabrication of “evidence” … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review | Tagged double standards, IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, NPT, nuclear non-proliferation, Yukiya Amano | Leave a comment

A Rhetorical Triumph

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Muller

Angelika Neuwirth has presented a monumental analysis of the Holy Qur’an [1] which provides a number of convincing arguments that the scripture must not be regarded as fait accompli but had rather developed as a liturgical text during permanent and critical, … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Book Review, Islam | Tagged Ahmad Milad Karimi, Angelika Neuwirth, Christianity, congregation, Corpus Coranicum, Europe, Hartmut Bobzin, Holy Bible, Holy Qur'an, Judaism, Karl-Heinz Ohlig, Koran, Madinah, Makkha, Markus Gross, Muhammad, Navid Kermani, Tanakh, Tilman Nagel | Leave a comment

Rather Reading Reviews (on Decision Points)

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Muller

Well, I’m glad that I resisted (yet). True, reading Decision Points by George W. Bush might have been a revelation on how the former number one world politician did and still does lie. Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder had already rebutted … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review | Tagged Afghanistan war, Bill Clinton, Decision Points, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Eliot Weinberger, George W. Bush, Iraq war, memoir, NIE | 2 Comments

Strong Women (and Men)

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Muller

On my numerous visits to Iran during the last decade I have rarely come across nomads. Once, when being on trips from the southern city of Shiraz to Pasargadae and the Margoon waterfalls in the Zagros mountains, my young companion pointed … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Iran | Tagged Jon Thompson, Nasrollah Kasraian, nomads, Richard Tapper, Shahsevan | 1 Comment

Bush Wrote a Book

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Muller

My favorite joke about G. W. Bush has long been that one: “WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A tragic fire on Monday destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. Both of his books have been lost. “Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, humor | Tagged George W. Bush | 1 Comment

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