Mubarak Returns, The Army Turns, The Mummy Rises Again

The Mummy has awakened, rising from its long slumber.The Mummy is the old order, the order of oppression, the order of tyranny, the order which has pervaded the known world since the history of man.Who is the Mummy in post-Mubarak Egypt?Is it Hosni Mubarak himself,...

Bahrain: The Arab Spring turned Winter of Discontent

Sunni and Shi'a have rallied for the end of the Khalifah monarchy in Bahrain, another wave of protest in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution that originated in Tunisia and is spreading throughout the Middle East.Bahraini protests have failed at the onslaught of the...

Obama Campaigning while the US is Burning

Nothing says hubris like declaring one's candidacy for reelection in the face of 39% approval, two (or three) wars over seas, exploding public debt, and declining prestige for the homeland, both at home and abroad.By now, though, the United States should be used...