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The Obama administration, and the rest of the world, must get used to the idea that there is a new Egypt and a new Middle East. The old order that was so comforting to Washington -- based on authoritarian regimes ruling over docile populations -- is over. The Arab world is undergoing a major transformation of power to the people. The outcome will be for the better. Egypt will move forward, not backward. Democratization in the largest Arab nation will have a tremendous positive influence on the entire region.
While much has been written about the National Enquirer's scoop, the key element of how Edwards was caught has never been told -- until now.
Is Egypt's rebellion a coincidence, or is there something in Muslim culture that all too often perpetuates a vicious cycle? As an Arab raised in the Muslim faith, I believe it's the latter.
Internet service in Egypt is now totally shut down and there are reports that cell phone service has again been cut, but that won't stop people from finding ways to reach out and express themselves.
Monday's federal court decision striking down the landmark Affordable Care Act shows how much the political right has embraced judicial activism.
The Arabs, and especially the Egyptians whose decline over the past half a century spelled the decline of all Arabs, have just entered a new phase. Their citizens have just proven that they matter.
Reagan, no doubt, was a transformational president. He was a transformational president who launched America on a misguided, 30-year experiment with market fundamentalism.
Every 47 minutes, a woman in the United States is diagnosed with cervical cancer. Does this statistic shock you? It should.
The last month has shown us something that America can no longer ignore: millions of Americans want to watch our channel and better understand our region, and too many are deprived that opportunity.
There's no Internet, no Twitter, no Facebook. But you can still call Cairo, at least as of Monday night. Not seeing any of their updates, I wanted to know how friends -- foreign ex-pats and locals were doing.
As we enter Black History Month, let us pause to remember the sacrifice of African-American soldiers, past and present. We should know that the veterans who paved the road for our current soldiers went through hell and high water.
Barry's career is a phenomenon. He's responsible for clearly what are some of the most gorgeous, sensitive and ultimately effective scores in movie history.
Articulate, erudite Egyptians in well cut suits assure us that Islamist democracy or fundamentalist Islam could not happen in their country, but hey, that's what we thought at the birth of Jinnah's Pakistan and look where that got us.
As it turns out, those 'no teaching required' days at the end of the school year can end up being some of the best opportunities to teach our students -- when they are least expecting it.
Even President Barack Obama, renowned for his careful choice of words, seems to be losing patience with Mr. Mubarak: "I never thought I'd say this about someone, but Hosni Mubarak is an even bigger jacka** than Kanye."
America is a strong supporter of democracy worldwide. Except, of course, when we aren't. That piece of doublethink is the heart of the conundrum in which we now find ourselves in Egypt.
I understand, from firsthand experience, that we cannot arrest or incarcerate our way out of a problem as complex as drug use, and that a "War on Drugs" mentality is too simplistic an approach to be effective.
Contrary to some proposals, there can be no blank page on Gitmo. The debate has become at once so poisoned, so calcified, and so removed from the prisoners whose fate it involves that it is impossible to begin anew.
How difficult is it for criminals, the mentally ill, and drug abusers to buy guns in Arizona? We sent undercover investigators with hidden cameras to find out, and the answer is: not difficult at all.
Baseless attacks within the organic community do not serve the organic cause. Instead of fighting with each other, we need to fight Monsanto and the forces that are ignoring Americans who support organic and want the right to choose.
Mohamed ElBaradei is the Muslim Brotherhood's perfect stalking horse -- well respected, moderate and compliant. He will put together a government in which the Brotherhood begins as kingmaker and ends up as king.
We won't allow the courts or Congress to bring us back to the time when insurance companies could exclude people from care, drop people for getting sick, or let benefit caps force people with serious diseases into bankruptcy.
Egypt is at a critical turning point. Mubarak is apparently finished, but his regime could limp on. That is not in the interest of Egypt or the US. It is time for the latter, therefore, to support reformist Egyptians, civilian and military.
I was alone in my car one day and reached for my phone to fire off a quick message. I looked up and had to swerve to stay in my lane. Wow. I got lucky this time, but what if...?
If we're going to stand on journalistic principle in refusing to take down stories, we need at least to acknowledge the collateral damage of doing what's right.
All in all, cap-and-trade serves the goal of environmental justice better than the alternatives. This progressive policy instrument merits a central place in the arsenal of weapons California employs.
