February 11, 2011. Crowds in Tahrir Square erupt in celebration. “Egypt is free, Egypt is free,” they exclaim. In Tunisia, it takes one man to douse himself in gasoline to strike the powerful match of revolution. In Egypt, it takes the will power of millions and the brutal dictatorship of one man to ripple in the great floods of freedom. Civil disobedience. People power. Peaceful protest. What was once a risky undertaking has now become a strategy for reform. As [...]
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Relieved by the end of my first round of midterms, I open the web browser, instinctively navigating to the CNN homepage. There it is: a painful, daunting headline. Come on, this can’t be happening. Please tell me it isn’t true, but I guess disappointment is my forte. “Teenage suicide bomber kills at least 27 in Pakistan” Powerless. Perplexed. Disgusted. I cannot even imagine a fourteen year old being capable of carrying out such a heinous act. Isn’t this the age [...]
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