Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Turkey's election: A Muslim democracy in action

http://www.economist.com/node/18185813

via Irfana

What porn did to a marriage

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/22/what-porn-did-to-a-marriage/

NPR: Mubarak's Fall Spurs Calls To Rethink U.S. Policy

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/15/133763952/mubaraks-fall-spurs-calls-for-u-s-policy-rethink

Rashid Khalidi, director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, says those voices were muffled for many years by Mubarak's regime. He says the U.S. would listen to Egyptian officials instead of the people, but that will have to change given the scale of the demonstrations that ousted Mubarak.
"People have feelings about American policies — they have very strong feelings," he said. "I think we should take those views seriously. It doesn't mean American policy is going to be determined by Middle Eastern public opinion, but in so far as countries in that region are able to develop credible democracies, the United States is going to have no alternative but to at least respect those opinions, even if it doesn't necessarily agree with them. And this is a new factor."

Krugman: Wisconsin Power Play

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/opinion/21krugman.html

Also see:

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/21/133945476/wisconsin-governor-refuses-unions-compromise

Kristof: Watching Protesters Risk It All

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/opinion/21kristof.html