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Democratic protests in Tunisia gave birth to the Arab Spring in 2011. Therefore, it speaks volumes that Tunisians voted this week to return to a form of government that makes the dictatorship they revolted against back then look positively Jeffersonian. More than 94 percent of the votes backed the new constitution, which will see sweeping executive powers… Read more.
Won’t these brutal dictators ever learn? Think what you will of the cowardly path Tunisia’s Ben Ali took by fleeing into exile. At least he was smart enough to avoid the humiliation Egypt’s Mubarak is now suffering. Mubarak’s being wheeled into court on his deathbed to face trial, which will surely end in his Saddam-like… Read more.
[Author’s note: The following commentary was originally published on Tuesday, January 25, at 5:53 am. I have decided to reprise it because the protests the Tunisian revolution triggered across the Middle East will likely reach a tipping point today. I have also appended an update based on recent developments in Tunisia.] Eleven days ago, Tunisian President… Read more.
