On Thursday September 8, at the first meeting of the Congressional deficit cutting Super Committee, Sentator John Kyl (R-Arizona) set the tone for the coming months' debate on the debt, the budget and America's overall finances. Kyl threatened to quit the committee if it talked about further defense cuts. In...

In the past month Egypt witnessed a change of leadership within the existing regime, not regime change. Egypt has been, and still is, a military regime with a civilian layer of politicians who administer the day-to-day affairs of the country. The popular revolt that brought down Mubarak has merely stripped...

Lost in the torrent of articles and commentary on the popular uprising in Egypt was the replay on al-Jazeera English broadcast about an Egyptian human rights activist's release from prison in 2006. While the story may seem old, the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah is the story of a revolution,...