The stunning attack on a veteran news reporter by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a news conference shows the kind of pressure the embattled U.N. chief has been under.
Annan may leave a legacy of oil-for-food scandals, financial mismanagement and global irrelevancy.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.