No Fly Zone Envy

1. The newswire as public square

2. English: the lingua franca

3. Tough question (once you get past the fact it’s a pro-Gaddafi demonstration)

(caption: A member of the Pan-African Youth of Uganda holds up a sign as he and others demonstrate during an anti-war protest on March 29, 2011 in Kampala to urge an end to the war in Libya. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last week denounced the West’s military action against the regime of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, terming it hypocritical and urged negotiations to end the turmoil.)