Unfortunately, the American policy towards Pakistan is just to worry and express concern, and that is not a clear policy at all.
We should have a time to reflect on the accomplishments of the military, of their sacrifices, of their failures.
War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in our human nature.
When students and liberals initially occupied Tahrir Square, it looked like it might be a passing thing.
Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting on men hurting one another because of religion and politics.
The Taliban mostly attacks international and Afghan security forces. They rarely carry out attacks in markets.
There are clearly many Egyptian free-thinkers and intellectuals - lots of wonderful Egyptian artists and architects and scientists.
Many governments are quick to condemn Assad, but a dwindling number of them would celebrate a rebel victory in Damascus.
Traditionally, all the kings of Saudi Arabia have been sons of the founder of Saudi Arabia, and they've gone from one son to the next.
Iraq was home of the Abbasid Caliphate, a golden age when the Muslim world was at the forefront of math, science and medicine.
The Israeli military believes it has destroyed all of Hamas's tunnels, or at least all the ones it knew about.