Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: Egypt, North Africa, Middle East. Usual British destabilizations and coups d'État

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Egypt, North Africa, Middle East. Usual British destabilizations and coups d'État


1) Egypt protests show George W. Bush was right about freedom in the Arab world

For decades, the Arab states have seemed exceptions to the laws of politics and human nature. While liberty expanded in many parts of the globe, these nations were left behind, their "freedom deficit" signaling the political underdevelopment that accompanied many other economic and social maladie...

2) A democratic Egypt or a state of hate?

The dream of a democratic Egypt is sure to produce a nightmare.

3) Arabs' urge for self-government shouldn't be a surprise

If the alternatives to his rule are poor, it is because he worked to make it so.

4) For Egypt's Mubarak, push has come to shove

The U.S. should help Mubarak fuel the presidential jet, if necessary.

5) Editorial: Misconceptions about the Egyptian crisis

EGYPT ON Monday continued to teeter between a popular revolution that would remove President Hosni Mubarak and a forcible restoration of order by the police and Army. The opposition called for mass demonstrations on Tuesday the regime did its best to impede them by canceling trains and other...

6) The government's bloated new dietary guidelines

More evidence that the government just can't trim the fat.

7) 'A Rosa Parks moment for education'

Guess who America's public schools are failing.

8) How Obama can govern from the center

Five big ideas he should consider to lead from the political center.

9) 'We believe America is against us'

Obama cannot afford to let Egyptians think America's against them.

10) Will Egypt mobilize or radicalize Arab youth?

Young Arabs may turn toward anarchic impulses without swift U.S. action.