Egyptian protests topple dictatorship
The world’s major news wires are now reporting that Egyptian President Hasni Mubarak has stepped down. The announcement was made in a speech by Vice President Omar Suleiman. Mubarak ceded…
Mummifed pharaoh sits on asp
President Hasni Mubarak of Egypt thought someone said “sit down” not “step down,” and in an alarming development apparently sat on his pet asp, a poisonous snake best known for…
Egypt’s Mubarak refuses to cede power
In a televised address to the Egyptian nation, President Hasni Mubarak is refusing to step down despite weeks of protest that has brought the world’s most populous Muslim country to…
Mubarak resignation imminent
The New York Times, NPR, and the AP are all reporting that President Mubarak will address the nation in what many are anticipating will be his resignation speech and transfer…
Reagan and historical revisionism
This weekend is the 100th birthday of President Ronald Reagan with many events scheduled throughout the country. In particular, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library here in Simi, CA is having…
Forecast calls for Arab spring in the Middle East
After several days of peaceful democratic protests, the scene in Cairo has turned ugly as pro-Mubarak forces clash with anti-government demonstrators in a feign attempt to discredit the democratic uprising…
Egypt’s Mubarak will not run for reelection
Today in Egypt is a historic day for what is, in the end, an inevitability in the Middle East: more democracy as Muslim citizens everywhere, tired of decades of oppression…
US evangelicals push anti-gay agenda abroad
The New York Times has been following a story over the last two years about the presence of US evangelical missionary groups in Uganda. A Times article published in January…
Protests sweep Middle East from Tunisia to Bahrain
After the huge democratic protests swept away the remnants of its decades old authoritarian government Tunisia’s “Jasmine Revolution” has inspired the largest protests in history in other Muslim countries suffering…