Egypt And The Future Of Arab Democracy: Get Rid Of Islamists, And Freedom Will Thrive -- Charles Krauthammer, New York Daily News
Today, everyone and his cousin supports the "freedom agenda." Of course, yesterday it was just George W. Bush, Tony Blair and a band of neocons with unusual hypnotic powers who dared challenge the received wisdom of Arab exceptionalism - the notion that Arabs, as opposed to East Asians, Latin Americans, Europeans and Africans, were uniquely allergic to democracy. Indeed, the left spent the better part of the Bush years excoriating the freedom agenda as either fantasy or yet another sordid example of U.S. imperialism.
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Hyperinflation is A Small Price to Pay? -- Monty Pelerin, American Thinker
Egypt Makes History, but Future Still Cloudy -- CBS News
Forget the Facebook idealists. It's the Brotherhood we should fear -- The Daily Mail
Mubarak stepping down in Egypt: Was it a coup? -- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor
After Mubarak's ouster, Egypt's days of revolt shift to party of vast proportions -- Max Strasser, Christian Science Monitor
Mubarak steps down. What comes next for the Egyptian revolution? -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
The Tweet Is Mightier than the Sword -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Middle East after Hosni Mubarak: impact of a revolution -- Roger Hardy, BBC
Now that Mubarak is gone, what’s next for Egypt? -- National Post
Mubarak Leaves at Last -- Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
Signs of Change in Europe Regarding Israel? -- Evelyn Gordon, Commentary
Nationalism fuels Thai-Cambodian conflict -- Julie Masis, Asia Times
When Freedom Is Bad for Business. How the U.S. invasion made Iraq’s economy worse, not better -- Megan McArdle, The Atlantic
Is Japan Headed for Government Shutdown? -- Todd Crowell, Real Clear World
Hyperinflation is A Small Price to Pay? -- Monty Pelerin, American Thinker
Commentaries, Opinions, Editorials, And Analysis
Egypt Makes History, but Future Still Cloudy -- CBS News
Forget the Facebook idealists. It's the Brotherhood we should fear -- The Daily Mail
Mubarak stepping down in Egypt: Was it a coup? -- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor
After Mubarak's ouster, Egypt's days of revolt shift to party of vast proportions -- Max Strasser, Christian Science Monitor
Mubarak steps down. What comes next for the Egyptian revolution? -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
The Tweet Is Mightier than the Sword -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Middle East after Hosni Mubarak: impact of a revolution -- Roger Hardy, BBC
Now that Mubarak is gone, what’s next for Egypt? -- National Post
Mubarak Leaves at Last -- Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
Egypt Makes History, but Future Still Cloudy -- CBS News
Forget the Facebook idealists. It's the Brotherhood we should fear -- The Daily Mail
Mubarak stepping down in Egypt: Was it a coup? -- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor
After Mubarak's ouster, Egypt's days of revolt shift to party of vast proportions -- Max Strasser, Christian Science Monitor
Mubarak steps down. What comes next for the Egyptian revolution? -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
The Tweet Is Mightier than the Sword -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Middle East after Hosni Mubarak: impact of a revolution -- Roger Hardy, BBC
Now that Mubarak is gone, what’s next for Egypt? -- National Post
Mubarak Leaves at Last -- Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
Where next for Hosni Mubarak? Wealth and fears of prosecution will dictate future -- Richard Wachman and Ian Black, The Guardian
Who Lost Egypt: Not Obama for Sure -- Aaron David Miller, Foreign Policy
Mubarakism Without Mubarak: Why Egypt’s Military Will Not Embrace Democracy -- Ellis Goldberg, Foreign Affairs
Lights Out for the Middle East’s Christians? -- Rich Lowry, National Review
Forget the Facebook idealists. It's the Brotherhood we should fear -- The Daily Mail
Mubarak stepping down in Egypt: Was it a coup? -- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor
After Mubarak's ouster, Egypt's days of revolt shift to party of vast proportions -- Max Strasser, Christian Science Monitor
Mubarak steps down. What comes next for the Egyptian revolution? -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
The Tweet Is Mightier than the Sword -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Middle East after Hosni Mubarak: impact of a revolution -- Roger Hardy, BBC
Now that Mubarak is gone, what’s next for Egypt? -- National Post
Mubarak Leaves at Last -- Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
Where next for Hosni Mubarak? Wealth and fears of prosecution will dictate future -- Richard Wachman and Ian Black, The Guardian
Who Lost Egypt: Not Obama for Sure -- Aaron David Miller, Foreign Policy
Mubarakism Without Mubarak: Why Egypt’s Military Will Not Embrace Democracy -- Ellis Goldberg, Foreign Affairs
Lights Out for the Middle East’s Christians? -- Rich Lowry, National Review