The Cardinal

Twitter has refined its technology to censor messages on a country-by-country basis, raising fears that the company’s commitment to free speech may be weakening. Many bloggers think being an agent of the censors is a slippery slope to the detriment of free speech. Twitter — an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables [...]

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Dear Paul B, I read your column, and you never discuss politics, and I don’t know why. I am Egyptian and living in Chicago with two brothers and a sister. My mother moved here when she separated from my Dad. They were not allowed to divorce, so it is merely a separation. I am a [...]

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CBS News says correspondent Lara Logan is recovering in a U.S. hospital from a sexual attack and beating while reporting on the tumultuous events in Cairo last Friday. At least 140 correspondents have been injured or killed in the events in Egypt. The day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, Friday February 11, 2011, CBS [...]

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Hundreds of thousands danced, wept and prayed in joyful pandemonium Friday after 18 days of peaceful pro-democracy protests forced President Hosni Mubarak to surrender power to the military, ending three decades of authoritarian rule. On January 25th 2011, widespread protests began against Mubarak’s regime. These took the form of an intensive campaign of civil resistance [...]

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Hosni Mubarak came to power amid crisis three decades ago as a symbol of stability. Now, as he prepares to end his reign, Mubarak is seen by many as a source of Egypt’s chaos. Crowds in Cairo, Alexandria and other cities across Egypt erupted into a pandemonium of cheers and waving flags. They danced, hugged [...]

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Islamic Socialism, Caliphate, and Code Pink (all highlighted in yellow) were discussed on the Glenn Beck show Wednesday. Caliphate Definition (#16) was also searched. Glenn Beck is proposing that recent incidents in Yemen, Egypt and other areas of the Mideast are significant signs of Islamic radical efforts toward a Caliphate — from North Africa across [...]

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Fire and looting have broken out against several buildings around Cairo in new fighting following a day of clashes in central Cairo between anti-government protesters and regime backers. A day after video of Anderson Cooper and his CNN crew being attacked in Tahrir Square was seen by the world, more news services reported that their [...]

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Anxious relatives are awaiting the return of Americans from Egypt. The first chartered flight carrying Americans out of Egypt is arriving in Cyprus. Meanwhile, demonstrators in the U.S. continue to show support for protesters in Cairo. Cairo’s international airport was a scene of chaos and confusion Monday as thousands of people flee the unrest in [...]

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Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen: Protesters demanding change broght together wih the help of social media like Twitter and Facebook. In Egypt, half the countries 80 million people live in poverty. An amazing eruption of popular sentiment — unprecedented not just regionally, but Egypt, specifically. – Adel Iskandar (Media Studies, Georgetown Universtity) As masses in the Arab [...]

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