by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 19, 2012 | Security
The article by Mitch Smith for the Inside Higher Ed covers the move by American students, interested in studying in the Middle East, to Beirut as regional favorites fall foul to the Arab Spring. However, what is interesting about the article is that Mitch never fails...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 3, 2011 | Society
Greek Yogurt: In 2005, Kraft Foods decided to close its yogurt plant in South Edmeston, Chenango County. It shut down an 85-year-old dairy processing operation, threw 55 employees out of work and added a new chapter to the story of fading economic fortunes in Upstate...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 28, 2011 | Lebanese Abroard
Italian Americans had Tony and Tina’s Wedding, Greek Americans had My Big, Fat Greek Wedding, and now Lebanese Americans have The Lebanese-Redneck Wedding: “The Lebanese-Redneck Wedding,” which opens Friday at The Waterhouse, aims to gently spoof all things central...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 9, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
That’s a quote from Chuck Baldwin’s campaign for president of the Constitution Party (a right-wing US political party). Here’s Chuck’s take on foreign goods and how Beirut fits into it: The thinking goes that if foreign-made products cost the...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 23, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
I’m sure you are all familar with Lebanese enviness, my neighbor buys a new car and therefore I must have a newer car, well let’s take that a step forward: A Lebanese-American living in Marlboro, Tony Jouki has run the LukOil service station at Tatnuck...
