You Either Have A Civil Society Or

The Muslim Brotherhood Is A Religiously Conservative Group. They Are A Minority In Egypt. They Are Not A Majority Of The Egyptian People, But They Have A Lot Of Credibility Because All The Other Liberal Parties Have Been Smothered For 30 Years.

Once In A While, I Have To Pinch Myself To Remind Myself I Am Nobel Laureate, But That Is Not Part Of My Work Plan Every Day.

Almost All Of The Liberal And Christian Members Of The Constitutional Commission Have Withdrawn, Because We All Fear That The Muslim Brotherhood Will Pass A Document With Islamist Undertones That Marginalizes The Rights Of Women And Religious Minorities. Who Sits In This Group? One Person, Who Wants To Ban Music, Because It's Allegedly Against Sharia Law; Another, Who Denies The Holocaust; Another, Who Openly Condemns Democracy.

As Long As Some Of Us Choose To Rely On Nuclear Weapons, We Continue To Risk That These Same Weapons Will Become Increasingly Attractive To Others.

We Have No Functioning Parliament In Egypt And Months Ago Mohammed Morsi Assumed Legislative Functions. Now He's Decided That There Should Be No Opposition To The Laws That He Makes And That He Is Authorized To Pass Any National Security Measure. It Is Difficult To Be More Absolutist Than That. And The Constitutional Convention - What A Sad Gathering; It Threatens To Send Us Back To The Darkest Period Of The Middle Ages.