Culture wars in Gaza

Let Islamist's govern. I've heard that idea before. Islamists are more appealing as opponents to regimes than leaders of regimes. The bloom quickly is off the rose once the Islamist leadership can't run an economy while more worried about head scarves. Of course, I wonder when the United States will tire of it's nutty Republican Party. Perhaps that proves the idea wrong. 

Here's the link to Matt Yglesias' take, Culture War in Garza, and here is the link to the original NYT article, Watching 'Friends' In Gaza: A Culture Clash. 

Nationalism, Clash of Civilizations, and One World

One problem with Huntinton's Clash of Civilizations is the divisions within the so called civilizations. Matt Yglesias comments on an article about Asian nationalisms.  Read Yglesias' short take here in, Nationalism in Asia, or, read the original in the Washington Post, So Far, It Just Isn't Looking Like Asia's Century.

Ditto Matthew Yglesias

Another defense of Obama's cosmopolitanism. Read here. 

"Cosmopolitan" as a pejorative

Giuliani, the New Yorker's New Yorker, derides Obama's cosmopolitanism.

Andrew Sullivan of the Atlantic won't forget it (read here). Neither will I.