George Handlery on the week that was. How to negotiate with pariahs? What makes Obama “formidable”? Good candidate, good President? Freedom and equality. Redistribution and oppression. The chance of success or the security of entitlements? The Party and reincarnation. Mugabe’s is an expert – on hunger. 1. Obama has caused some disquiet by his promise to talk to America’s enemies. The problem of the pledge is not his willingness to parley. Negotiations as such are not, ipso facto, a...