Paul Mason | BBC | 9 May 2012 What happens after an election result like that? And in circumstances like these? When to be in power is to commit political suicide. And even the traditional parties cannot cooperate. Mason sees two possible routes out Comments James Bandler and Doris Burke | Fortune | 8 May 2012 "For a decade now the company has seemed more like a tawdry reality show than one of the world's great enterprises. It is in the midst of an existential crisis." Can Meg Whitman, HP's third CEO in seven years, put it right? Comments Bruce Schneier | Sam Harris | 8 May 2012 Security expert Schneier replies to Sam Harris's call for targeted profiling of Muslims at airports. "Invasive TSA screening is nothing more than security theatre. It doesn’t make us safer, and it’s not worth the cost" Comments Michael Agresta | Slate | 8 May 2012 Will paper books exist in the future? Yes, but they'll look different. This beautifully illustrated essay argues that as their role as vessels for delivering text is lost to digital, their other qualities will grow in importance Comments Magdi Abdelhadi | Guardian | 8 May 2012 Excellent short analysis of Egypt/Saudi Arabia spat. After years of clientelism under Mubarak, Egypt is now an unruly place; Saudis use financial arm-twisting to try to maintain old ways. But the old ways of the region are gone Comments Adam Davidson | NYT | 8 May 2012 Charter cities: "Economic zones founded on the land of poor countries but governed with the legal and political system of rich ones." Model comes from 19C colonialism. Does it still work? Honduras will give it a try Comments | 
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