You Either Have A Civil Society Or

Its Up To Any Government To Decide How To React To The Denial Of Basic Human Rights Anywhere In The World, Including Egypt.

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.

I Worry About A Democracy Having Nuclear Weapons As Much As A Dictatorship Having Nuclear Weapons.

If I Could Have Just 1 Per Cent Of The Money Spent On Global Armaments, No One In This World Would Go To Bed Hungry.

Music Gives Me A Lot Of Peace, Either Classic Music With Its Structure Or The Spontaneity Of Miles Davis. It Brings The Best In You.