The brutal force used by the government in Iran may succeed this time, but the brewing discontent of the Iranian lower and middle classes will always erupt again.
I take issue with the events in Egypt being labeled a "Twitter revolution" or a "Facebook revolution." No, Egypt's revolution is an open source revolution.
The best time to travel is when most people believe that destination is particularly dangerous. In Tunisia, for example, the optimal time to visit began a few days after the revolution ended.
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We're hard wired by evolution to respond to the most immediate threats (secret police and Tsunamis), not the broad long-term challenges such as climate disruption, population, consumption and loss of biodiversity.
It's the day after the Egyptian revolution, and now it's time for us in the West to take our man-pill. Our public posture has always been that we sup...
Meedan gives you a look at Arabic commentary on the dramatic departure of former Egyptian president Hosny Mubarak through the lens of Twitter, the med...
Well, here we go again... the mainstream media yesterday jumped on rumors that Algeria had shut down the Internet, with seemingly no effort to check facts with people on the ground.
Timeline: Desperation Agitation Immolation Promulgation Exhortation Anticipation Deflation Escalation Resignation Liberation Celebration!...
While Egypt's future is uncertain, the feeling of optimism among the people who succeeded in demanding change is palpable today. It wouldn't surprise me if February 11th becomes an Egyptian national holiday in the future.
The movement in Egypt had been planned carefully and had been effective in conveying the need for both sustained pressure on the regime and strict nonviolent discipline.
In our guts, we all know that fossil fuels can't last forever. What will we do with the knowledge that we are standing on an energy cliff?
The military, and the men of the Muslim Brotherhood have wives, sisters and mothers. The power that wield may be less obvious, but it is considerable.
George Orwell wrote that "political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." Egypt deserves better than that.
On the eve of President Reagan's 100th birthday last week, images of the Berlin Wall coming down gave truth to the words, peaceful coexistence and cap...
On Saturday, January 29, I watched from the balcony of my Cairo apartment as a mob of young men with crude weapons smashed and looted the Radio Shack next door. This was when I realized things were deadly serious in Egypt.
The U.S., a long-time supporter of Egypt's military, must make it clear that we will not tolerate the use of American weapons to prop up any more authoritarian regimes in Egypt.
There have been many sacrifices, human, economic and social. But from this ordeal, Egypt was delivered, reborn and will hopefully emerge as a healthy nation with an awakened spirit.
The U.S. media seems to have found a new language for the economy. There's been talk of "solidarity" and even "class war." The only problem? They're talking about Egypt.
All Arab eyes are watching Cairo. But this time, with Al Jazeera present internationally, not only current Arab residents, but ex-patriots Arabs and t...
We Americans might, for a switch, take a cue from the Arab street. The whole world would benefit incalculably by embracing what those lion-hearted protesters are demanding: Dignity.
As tension rises on the streets of Cairo and other cities in Egypt, speculation and anxiety has also been increasing in Iran. The people of the two na...
Do we, as supposedly liberty-loving Americans, really support people's revolutions? Or do we impose our own idea of revolution on others?
If Americans are so "exceptional," do we need to examine whether or not the stated values of American society are being lived at all?
We have lost our way and the Egyptian people in the streets of Cairo are shining a light for the world to see. If our President will not say it, then we must go to our proverbial rooftops and scream that freedom lives eternally.
