There are those who ask if Arabs are ready for freedom. It’s a question that makes my blood boil, for I can think of no human being anywhere who is not ready for the end of oppression. Indeed Egypt, Tunisia and any other country where tyrannical, exploitive regimes have toppled—or will—are bound to fumble their…

There’s a sense of alarm I experience whenever I read about comments made by Rush Limbaugh. The latest is his criticism of First Lady Michelle Obama for her “Let’s Move” campaign, the White House Super Bowl menu, her eating ribs in Vail, Co, the fact that she wouldn’t make it as a Sports Illustrated cover,…

French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently declared that multiculturalism has failed. When asked during a television interview about the policy advocating that societies welcome and foster distinct cultural and religious groups, he answered that the existing policy had been a failure. He isn’t the first to say this, other leaders or ex-leaders have said the same…