在中國或日本的政治思想中，從來不認為政府的角色有必要是魔鬼和理想的守夜人．在統治者和反叛者的心中幾乎都認為，政府應該是公正仁慈的領導力量的源泉，而在傑出的領袖手中是可以做到這一點的．

記得好像有些西方媒體不願意刊登這些漫畫，當然還是那套說法，最多加上為了避免不必要的的傷害之類的鳥話．而第一個刊登這漫畫作討論的報紙媒體是．．．．猜猜看！

December 09, 2005, 6:25 p.m.
A Word from Businessmen
-A measured look at Iraq.

It behooves those (of us) who hear and pass along dire news from Iraq to pause from time to time when something more measured comes along. This today is from a group called Business Executives for National Security (BENS). The group has traveled to Iraq three times in 18 months, intending an uninflated look at what is going on there. The group is free of ideology, though it is reasonable to assume that the principles of free markets, private property, and rule of law dominate their thought. But they appear to be without bias of an inflammatory kind, and their patriotism would not appear to outweigh their judgment.

The Freedoms We Fight For
The unheralded Islamist assault on free speech.
by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

 LAST MONTH, Islamic radicals threatened to kill actor and Muslim convert Omar Sharif. Sharif had recently played St. Peter in an Italian TV film and spoke highly of the role, saying that he "seemed to hear voices" during filming and that "it will be difficult for me to play other roles from now on." Although Sharif's comments seem innocuous, they prompted a death threat. According to the Adnkronos International news agency, a message on a web forum which has been used by al Qaeda in the past linked to another website that threatened Sharif's life. The website containing the threat said, "Omar Sharif has stated that he has embraced the crusader idolatry. He is a crusader who is offending Islam and Muslims and receiving applause from the Italian people. I give you this advice, brothers, you must kill him."

French anti-Americanism

Spot the difference

Dec 20th 2005 | PARIS
From The Economist print edition

France quarrels with America not because the pair are so different but because they are so alike