The year of the revolutions began in January, in a small country of little importance. Then the protests spread to the region’s largest and most important state, toppling a regime that had seemed firmly entrenched
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Egypt: Is the Military with or Against the Revolution?
When I met Awad Mahmoud el-Abedy, a 36-year-old tour guide, on Feb. 4, he was manning a pile of stones at the southern entrance to Tahrir Square and had the wild-eyed disheveled look of a freedom fighter
Federal Budget: Don’t Cut Funding for Homeless Veterans
My eyes always cringe at the sight of a homeless veteran.
Global Girl Power: To Fight Poverty, Invest in Girls
We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on fire.
Medicine: Help for Multiple Sclerosis?
Doctors have learned to make no rash claims about treatments for multiple sclerosis. This baffling disease of unknown origin afflicts an estimated 250,000 in the U.S
Wall Street Journal Best Sellers
Wall Street Journal Best Sellers Best-Selling Books Week Ended Oct. 2 FICTION 1. “Freedom: A Novel” by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) 2. “Safe Haven” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) 3. “Bad Blood: A Virgil Flowers Novel” by John Sandford (Putnam Adult) 4. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larsson […]
Are US Nukes in Europe Secure?
European air force bases that store U.S.
Hey Ireland, Please Drop the World Cup Do-Over
I’m Irish. OK, I don’t sport any shamrock tattoos, and you have to go back to my great, great grandmother to find a relative who was born on the Emerald Isle
In Britain, a Pop Star and a Politician Fuel Debates over Freedom of Speech
There’s usually not much common ground between a boy band singer and a far-right politician who would like to ban Muslim immigrants from his country. But in Britain this week, both have been at the center of fierce debates over freedom of speech.
All-male college cracks down on cross-dressing
An all-male college in Atlanta, Georgia, has banned the wearing of women’s clothes, makeup, high heels and purses as part of a new crackdown on what the institution calls inappropriate attire. No dress-wearing is part of a larger dress code launched this week that Morehouse College is calling its “Appropriate Attire Policy.” The policy also bans wearing hats in buildings, pajamas in public, do-rags, sagging pants, sunglasses in class and walking barefoot on campus