The Egyptian version of the “Arab spring” took a decidedly bad turn Thursday when President Mohamed Morsi assigned dictatorial powers over the legislature and courts to the presidency. The undertone of concern that had been voiced over the Muslim Brotherhood […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When you attempt to engineer Democracy in a nation that has been dominated by autocratic rule for centuries you don’t always get what you want. Egypt is now one more example of “be careful what you ask for…you just might […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been at bit stunned by the media attempts to compare what’s going on in the capital of Wisconsin with the protests in Egypt. It’s light years apart. But that won’t stop the press from trying to make some sort […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many folks believe that the unrest in Tunisia this past month sparked the protests and likely end to the rule of Hosni Mubarak. Where that will end, and what the outcome will be relative to the West is still up […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Carter was President, we watched as the Shah Of Iran fell and a theocracy came to power. The conditions in Iran at that time were not so different than what’s taking place right now. Rampant poverty in Iran and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…