TWAIN'S HAVE LONG SINCE CROSSED:

The Mideast's Battle of Ideas (Jim Hoagland, December 11, 2005, Washington Post)

This contemporary East is dominated by China and India. West means Britain, France and the United States. And the Middle East is a battle zone of ideas, religions, oil and a cultural use of tribal violence that is now projected onto the global stage.

In reality, of course, India is West and France is East.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 11, 2005 12:00 AM