From Nico Pitney, who as always on days like this is must-reading.
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From Macleans
Canada
Politics of fear
ANDREW COYNE: No wonder nothing gets done in Ottawa. Everyone is scared.
Beyond The Commons
The Commons: Wait and see
The opposition persists in its questions and the government insists on dismissing those queries
Canada
Jaffer & Guergis: a power couple, unplugged
Ottawa’s storybook young duo suffers a fall from grace
Arts & Culture
American Idol: the beautiful, but not too beautiful
Casey James’ looks might win him or cost him the competition
Feschuk on the Famous
Caption challenge: and the winner is
The entries were more peculiar funny than ha-ha funny
Books
Maclean’s interview: Lionel Tiger
Anthropologist Lionel Tiger on faith and sexual behaviour, why religion comforts us, and how churches act as ‘serotonin factories’
Newsmakers
That, and they look kind of silly, TV to the rescue and Semi-naked ambition
Newsmakers
I'm so glad that they aren't giving up.
I'm blown away by their bravery. The things we take for granted here in Canada…
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I hope that these protests lead to something better. It's ironic how the regime has planted the seeds for their own demise; up to one million Iranian casualties in the Iran-Iraq war caused the authorities to offer money to families who had lots of children. It worked; the reason why 50% of the population (approximately) are under the age of 30. The "Baby-Boomerang Effect," as Christopher Hitchens calls it; a young energetic population that wasn't around during the revolution, and is becoming increasingly secular and pessimistic (especially the women) with the current Theocratic Islamic system. It may not happen with these protests, but no authority has been able to stop the will of the majority. I hope that these brave protesters will soon live in a country that is much more open and free, they certainly deserve it.
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I love chance to play kremlinologist for a few minutes everyday even though I have no idea what I am talking about. Rafsanjani led prayers today and I wonder what it all means because he has been rather bolshie the past few weeks kicking up a fuss about the elections and their legitimacy. Rafsanjani is also head of Assembly of Experts which has the power to remove the Supreme Leader.
Maybe we are finally beginning to glimpse the face of the "revolution" ….
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8156717.st...
Can never be sure though.
Humbling to be sitting in Canada, having won the lottery of life decades ago when they cut the cord and my first gulps were of Canadian air, to be cheering these brave people on from afar. Would I have the guts to be one of those people if I grew up there? Would I encourage my kids to be a part of it? It's a big relief to not have to know the limits of my principled bravery.