Judging by the email I receive from my readers, there are a lot of Republicans who feel that Mitt Romney doesn’t pass the conservative litmus test.  Some of them even threaten to sit out the presidential election if Governor Romney secures the nomination.  Although I …

Syrian gunmen break artist’s hands as ‘warning’

A renowned political cartoonist whose drawings expressed Syrians’ frustrated hopes for change was grabbed after he left his studio early Thursday and beaten by masked gunmen who broke his hands and dumped him on a road outside Damascus.One of Syria’s most famous artists, Ali Ferzat, 60, earned international …