My normal lunch time routine involves reading the NY Times while sitting at the bar eating a chicken club or turkey burger at the pub around the corner from my office.

Today I was a little late getting back to the office because there were so many great things to read including two wonderful articles about the middle east and american politics.

One of the articles is by Tom Friedman and the other by Michael Slackman and both are about Egypt and how Egyptians feel about America and American politicians.

Slackman’s piece discusses some of the cultural differences between […]