Wednesday and Thursday mark Egypt’s first post-Mubarak presidential elections. Sadly, what should be a purple-fingered moment brings some hope and much disappointment. Don’t get me wrong – Mubarak was a loathsome stooge, a petty and incompetent rentier tyrant who deserved what he got and more.

Bin Laden's murder is not the end of Al Qaeda. And even if Al Qaeda were totally eliminated, the world would still have to deal with Al Qaeda's progenitor. Just how likely is it that Egypt will end up-after the inevitable transition period-being ruled indirectly or directly by the Muslim Brotherhood?

It is highly likely but not inevitable that the Muslim Brotherhood will win the elections to be held in Egypt this coming September.

U.S. engagement of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoodwould bepremature, given the group's rigid interpretation of Islam.

Fears of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover of Egypt are ill founded.

David Ignatius has yet another Iran leak from the White House. Here’s the gist: Obama told his close buddy Turkish PM Erdogan to tell his close buddy Ayatollah Khamenei that as long as Iran doesn’t seek nuclear weapons, Obama’s cool with them keeping their nuclear program.

Competition from Andy Stern might be exactly what the AFL-CIO needs if it wants to survive in theTwenty-first century.