Hiatus over
I had this notion that I could spend a month taking care of my kids in a city I know well but where I don’t live, without skipping a beat in my workflow. Well, I was grossly wrong. I’ve just finished a most wonderful stretch of time in Lebanon while my wife pitched in on the Times’ Libya coverage, and the score ran conclusively in favor of kids and against work. I managed to meet one deadline, but all other writing and most intellectual activity ground to a halt. That’s why I have hardly been present here, or at The Atlantic online. Now I’m back in Cairo and shortly should return to standard output. First, though, I have to figure out exactly what happened while I wasn’t looking.
