Sunday links.
Anthony Shadid in the NY Times writing from Cairo. “Liberation Square was liberated Saturday. Shadowed by the landmarks of a government that turned promises of secular nationalism into a withering authoritarianism, thousands of young people did what the state of President Hosni Mubarak never allowed in 29 years. They seized control of their lives.”
Can an 80 year-0ld left-wing widowed academic kick Glenn Beck’s ass? No problem.
Attorney Flint Taylor is no stranger to unpopular causes. He is a Chicago treasure. The Sun-Times reports on the crusade that brought down John Burge.
If you’re not watching Al Jazeera, you don’t know what is going on in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Jordan, Syria