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Robert Kagan: "America has made the world freer, safer and wealthier."

Ross Douthat: "Religion and the Social Crisis."

The case of Hamza Kashgari, the 23-year-old ex-columnist for the Saudi Arabian daily newspaper Al-Bilad (The Land), has exposed the convoluted internal situation in the desert kingdom. The controversy began on the birthday of Muhammad, when Kashgari wrote an imaginary dialogue with the Muslim progenitor in three tweets.

Jim Geraghty: "Obama Uses Some of that Political Rhetoric Left Outside the Door"

Jonah Goldberg: The hot new punchline is "That's Racist"

President Barack Obama hosted the White House’s first-ever Twitter town hall meeting Wednesday afternoon in which he answered questions on the American economy and jobs. All questions, submitted via Twitter, where answered in a live forum to a small audience. Many of the questions were preselected.

If commenters on the Daily Kos website are an indication of how the left wing will respond to Anthony Weiner's admission of guilt in sending lewd pictures to women, it won't end well for the New York congressman, who was once considered a rising star in the Democratic party. Here are a few choice reactions (and some of the most popular) of Kos commenters:

With the popular uprising in Syria completing its first month, protests against Bashar al-Assad’s regime have spread to encompass most Syrian regions and cities, including now the capital, Damascus. On Friday, April 15, crowds from surrounding suburbs swarmed the city, heading downtown to Abbasiyyin Square where the police fired on protesters and closed all roads and entrances leading toward the square. 

The New York Times has an interesting article today about the use of social media like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter by museums to foster online communities built around common interest in art:

Uh oh. Even the "No Labels" crowd has turned against public sector unions.

Thomas Sowell: Why doesn't the party of Lincoln court black voters?

House GOP attempting to defund NPR -- again.

Some reassuring news for Republicans, in a piece in Roll Call today:

Jerry Brito, director of the technology policy program at the Mercatus Center, notes that the unrest in Libya could have an effect on the rest of the world, too -- at least that part of it that participates in social networking. Writing at time.com, Brito notes that Twitter's default URL shortening service -- often necessary to remain within the site's 140-character limit -- is bit.ly.

The Net Delusion

The Dark Side of
Internet Freedom

Andy Ferguson on Twitter in this month's issue of Commentary: