Amir Taheri believes the Islamists have set their sights on Egypt.

Fareed Zakaria believes the Army is still in the saddle in Egypt, which is why the comparisons with Iran in 1979 are not accurate.

Robert J. Samuelson reminds us that the turmoil in North Africa is in itself a reminder that we have not, and will not anytime soon, weaned ourselves off of imported oil.

Paul Krugman writes about exploding food prices as a causal factor for the recent unrest in Tunisia and Egypt, which he attributes to climate change caused by anthropogenic global warming. He is correct when he writes about rising food prices, and he is right to attribute much of the increase to weather conditions, as weather is always the most important factor in food production. As for AGW, I still am not entirely convinced, and even if I were to be convinced, I am certain that we will do next to nothing about it.

There is a debate going on in Israel about whether or not they face an existential threat from the increased power of the Islamists in the region. As long as the Israelis have a monopoly on nuclear weapons, then they are relatively safe. Once the Islamists get nuclear weapons, then all bets are off. I do not believe the Islamists can be deterred in the same fashion that the Soviet Union was deterred during the Cold War.