Taliban talks come down to timing | Ewen MacAskill | World news | guardian.co.uk

Taliban talks come down to timing | Ewen MacAskill | World news | guardian.co.uk

There is more complexity to talks with the Taliban than has been, at first, acknowledged.

(Updated) Your reconciliation primer…pass it along to everyone you know so they know the rules. | RealQuiet's blog

(Updated) Your reconciliation primer…pass it along to everyone you know so they know the rules. | RealQuiet's blog

Here is some explanation and analysis of what "reconciliation" means.

CNSNews.com - Polls: Americans More Concerned With Arrogant Politicians and Bad Bills Rather Than Bickering and Gridlock

CNSNews.com - Polls: Americans More Concerned With Arrogant Politicians and Bad Bills Rather Than Bickering and Gridlock

Zogby poll shows Americans are concerned that bad legislation will be passed and that their wishes are being ignored by arrogant politicians.

Op-Ed Contributor - The Muslim World Is Divided Even by Sports - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Contributor - The Muslim World Is Divided Even by Sports - NYTimes.com

The Islamic countries equivalent of the Olympic games (which had been scheduled for March 2010 in Tehran) had to be called off because of disputes between Iran and some Arab nations. The basis of the dispute? Iran prepared a flag to fly mentioning the "Persian Gulf." Other Arab States insist on calling that body of water the "Arabian Gulf." The author of this piece proceeds from that dispute to discuss the difficult various Islamic States have now and have had in the past with getting along with each other.