Davos...

I guess I should be following Davos and the counter-Davos meetings. Let's see what turns up.

The Mother of Parliaments...

You can follow the "Prime Minister's Questions" session in the British Parliament on America's CSPAN network.

I know this will be stale news for news junkies and almost everyone else might be going "Why do I care?" Well, there are a lot of reasons. For one, it gives non-Britons a chancce to see how things are done in another system. To people that are following global politics, it will give them a chance to follow British politics first hand. And one reason, especially for people in the US, whether you are pro-, say the Bush Admnistration's policies, or against them; whether you strongly support Israel or think they are in classic over-reach or worse, this will give you a reality-check on what is essentially a part of Europe is thinking.

Talking Turkey...and Somalia, and Afghanistan

To get specific; where is the Western Muslim that will seriously engage the following topic and either debunk it or try to do something about it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4208771.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4206909.stm

Notice that in the first case, at least, the local Muslims are as unhappy with the situation as anyone else.

A Pakistani Journalists Goes Further...

Ahmad Rashid is on NPR's Fresh Air. The man's been one of the most important voices on Afghanistan; let's see what he has to say about Iraq (Fresh Air's segment is titled "Iraq, Seen Through Pakistani Eyes"):

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4466660

Jon Stewart is just a comedian?

I mean, here's what he said last night (paraphrasing from memory): "A third of Iran is under the age of 15. Perfect target market for one of two things; Radical Islam, or MTV. An American invasion of Iran could push it either way..."

That's trenchant, spot-on, deep and politically-informed satire, if not full-blown commentary, at it's historical best, if you ask me.