Month: February 2011

I am a little concerned that President Obama is going to run for reelection on the slogan “Winning the Future,” and discover that people take that slogan less seriously than Tim Pawlenty. I mean, the future is a long...

Abdelrahman Amr Zaki, 15, rejected what he said were claims the protests are just about economic conditions. “They are not. My father drives a BMW and I have a very good home. There is no democracy, no freedom. We just...

It’s funny to watch Bill O’Reilly flail around in his attempt to prove the existence of God by reference to the tides, or the existence of the Sun and the Moon. But, what he’s really doing is playing sloppily...

Juan Cole took the gloves off this morning and dug deep to analyze the reasons why seven pro-democracy activists died last night in Tahrir Square, Cairo. Many more will no doubt follow, as Mubarak and Egypt’s elites have...

Juan Cole sure is grumpy. I think he said more than one thing that you are not allowed to say and still remain in polite society. But I understand his frustration. On the other hand, when have we ever had a better lesson, that...