Morsi’s Power Grab

by Carl Scott

If you want to bark back at the legacy media praise of the cease-fire our president recently had a hand in arranging, then this Powerline piece , emphasizing the assertion of emergency-powers by Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi in the immediate aftermath of his role in that cease-fire, is just . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Nov 2012 0

Egyptian Election Results: Panic Time for “Arabist” Liberals?

by Carl Scott

The Arabist is a good site for monitoring what’s happening Egypt-wise. It’s run by a set of smart analysts, who in American terms, we can label as liberal, anti-Bush/”neo-con”, and critical of Israel. They think Juan Cole is a worthy of their brief blogroll, for example. . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Dec 2011 0