davidl on November 24th, 2011

Word to the wise, change is not a synonym for improvement, see frying pan, fire, from Kim Sengupta and Solomon Hughes,Independent (UK):

Thousands of people, including women and children, are being illegally detained by rebel militias in Libya, according

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davidl on February 2nd, 2011

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble
Coherence from Cohen, some sobering questions from Richard Cohen no Egypt, from the Washington Post:

Egypt’s problems are immense. It has a population it cannot support, a standard of living that is stagnant and a self-image as leader

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