The Failures of Preemptive Reform

The Tunisian Revolution took the world by surprise.  That very same revolution took the Middle East and North African world by storm.  The desperate act of a courageous ordinary young man, ending his existence in the same way he had always seen his life go by, slowly, painfully, modestly, unnoticed.  At the end, he was not even able to enjoy the fruits of his own sacrifice. Others would, while others watched… Continue reading “The Failures of Preemptive Reform”