London’s Telegraph has a fascinating new trove of Wikileaks cables, which are being overshadowed by the disturbing turn of events in Egypt. There’s a lot of serious material to chew over, but here’s something light for openers: One of the most unusual sightings of bin Laden was made by Antonio Coratti, a Croatian, who told [...]

UPDATED Human Rights Watch, which has had observers on the ground in Tahrir Square today, supports the emerging view: that the anti-government protesters there had remained peaceful until the arrival of pro-Mubarak forces and that violence was initiated and continues to be instigated by the pro-Mubarak forces. HRW’s observers “saw men on horseback and camels [...]

Huckabee wants to kick the Palestinians out of the West Bank and settle them elsewhere. He’s from Arkansas, where this sort of behavior was once inflicted on the Native Americans, who were shuffled off to Oklahoma. I think this statement, sadly, raises all sorts of religious questions that Huckabee should have to answer should he [...]

“It feels a little lonely right now,” Sen. Claire McCaskill said Tuesday. Flanked by a trio of Republicans, the Missouri Democrat was on hand for a Capitol Hill press conference Tuesday to unveil a new bill to rein in spending. If McCaskill was feeling isolated, it’s because of her partners on the bill, not because [...]

Congressional Republican leaders are playing it safe on Egypt so far, generally complimenting Obama’s handling of the protests. But the GOP’s 2012 contenders are starting to second guess the president. There’s Mike Huckabee, who is hitting Obama for being too quick to abandon Mubarak. (Just back from a visit to Israel, Huckabee reports “real shock [...]

Al Jazeera’s live feed from Alexandria is showing two sparring crowds and audible automatic weapons fire; it appears military tanks are attempting to interpose themselves.