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February 19, 2011
Wake Up, Campers.
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February 17, 2011
The Economist: After Mubarak.
For the long view of "what Egypt means", do see this one: The Autumn of the Patriarchs. Excerpts:
Since the fall of Mr Mubarak, numerous mini-revolutions have taken place across Egypt. Journalists have overthrown their editors, workers their union leaders, professors their university deans. Even the police have returned to the streets, striking to demand the removal of the senior officers they blame for their disgrace.
For the rest of the region, the attraction of these revolutions goes beyond the satisfaction of seeing despised dictators hounded from office. During Egypt’s long period of stagnation under Mr Mubarak, Cairo, once the undisputed centre of the Arab world, was increasingly eclipsed by such upstarts as Dubai and Beirut.
Now, suddenly, the heroic imagery and rousing lyrics of Egypt’s revolution permeate Arab airwaves.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Dana Point, California
This small southern California coastal city was named after Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815-1882), the Massachusetts-bred lawyer and politician who wrote an American classic.
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February 15, 2011
Mike O'Neil on Egypt: What's Next?
See O'Neil's fine "Now the Hard Part for Egypt", which appeared yesterday in The Huffington Post and elsewhere. Excerpt:
The caretakers of the transition are the military. The thing to watch for are key institutional reforms. Release of political prisoners would be a good start. Then look to whether the press begins to operate independently of government control: do they regularly and freely criticize the regime?
And look for the revocation of the blank check "emergency rule" which permits almost unlimited and unconstrained government action. It the military intent is to produce a democratic system in Egypt, these could and should begin almost immediately.
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