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Roger Kaplan

Roger Kaplan

Roger Kaplan, a Washington-based writer, covers the Middle East and Africa (and tennis) for The American Spectator.
by | Jun 2, 2014

PARIS — For a moment it looked like a typical Donald Young day: many brilliant shots, an aggressive game marked…

by | May 30, 2014

Cairo Good grief, time flies and I am late for everything. I feel strangely liberated by the sense that I…

by | May 12, 2014

When you are not against a clock, you can always repeat the famous Yogi Berra line about never saying die,…

by | May 8, 2014

Rafa Nadal looks like the unconquerable king of clay as he crushes Juan Monaco in two near wipe-out sets at…

by | May 5, 2014

Tennis’s clay court season advances toward its grand climax in Paris as the Mutua de Madrid gets under way with…

by | Apr 10, 2014

Like many veterans of the Great War’s western front, Jacques Doriot was disgusted with the political leadership that had condoned,…

by | Apr 3, 2014

The French Socialist Party took a whipping last Sunday, as the second round of the municipal elections gave a large…

by | Mar 31, 2014

You could, indeed you should, conclude that it all worked out in the end. The finals at the Miami Open…

by | Mar 26, 2014

Andy Murray achieved five break points in the fifth game of the first set against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, including a remarkable…

by | Mar 14, 2014

On the fourth deuce point, Dominika Cibulkova’s return of Li Na’s return of serve went long and once again she…

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