Egypt's Facebook Rebel

The possible end of the Mubarak era in Egypt poses serious worries for Israel but, perhaps surprisingly, a renewal of tensions on the border between the two countries is not at the top of the list. More ›

Iran’s Green Revolution had a martyr named Neda, a 26-year-old woman gunned down in the streets of Tehran. Tunisia’s was Mohamed Bouazizi, an unemployed university graduate who set himself ablaze outside a government building. Egypt’s is Khaled Said—because someone has been agitating under the dead man’s name. More ›

Obama administration officials say they are not taking sides between President Hosni Mubarak, America’s key ally in the Arab world, and the street protesters who purportedly represent a path to democracy in authoritarian Egypt. These officials might even believe what they’re saying. More ›

Rocking the house at the Safari Club International annual convention, Sarah Palin warned Obama was out for their gun rights—and dangles a major hint about 2012. More ›

Taking the New Bentley for a Spin in the Snow

At least I’m not the one who crashed the Bentley. But I nearly did. It wasn’t my fault: a pile of slush, a pleasant conversation, and before I knew it I was swerving toward a snowbank. The landing was soft, and my passengers—a fellow hack and a Bentley representative—thankfully were unscathed. More ›

If anyone could make The Wizard of Oz cool again, it’s Lloyd Webber. The production will be much more than a simple transfer to the stage of the classic 1939 movie. More ›

It could be that Apple’s very latest, very greatest products might not be the last gasp of modernism, after all. They could be the first hints of a design so new, it barely exists. More ›