Contrasting US and Turkish campus freedoms

As people might be aware, the Turkish prime minister is calling for allowing students to wear headscarfs at Turkish universities, similar to what he calls American campus freedoms. A Turkish journalist at Turkish Daily News explains what American campus freedoms really is, and contrasts them to Turkish laws.

Yes, let's talk about American campus freedoms!

Mr. Prime Minister, you want American campus freedoms, including the turban? Go ahead, and this columnist will be one of your millions of supporters

Many people really underestimates how repressive the Turkish society is.

Bad news out of Pakistan

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been killed by a suicide bomber who first shot her, and then detonated his bombs.

NY Times reports: Bhutto Assassinated in Attack on Rally

She blamed earlier attempts on extremist Islamic groups, and given the attack form (suicide bombing), it would seem likely that this attack was by the same source.

While Bhutto certainly had many flaws, her participation in the upcoming election was important part of the attempt to bring Pakistan back to democracy. Let's hope this barbaric act doesn't lead Pakistan further away from democracy.