| Nevertheless, Elizabeth Warren comes out swinging Posted: 11 Feb 2019 01:47 PM PST ![Nevertheless, Elizabeth Warren comes out swinging]( "Nevertheless, Elizabeth Warren comes out swinging") Bankruptcy tests that principle, Elizabeth Warren once told a Harvard law student of hers. This weekend, Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D) of Massachusetts recounted that story before welcoming his former professor to the stage in Lawrence, Mass., introducing her as "the next president of the United States, Elizabeth Warren" to ebullient cheers from the crowd.
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| Macron asks a restive France: What would you like to change? Posted: 11 Feb 2019 01:35 PM PST ![Macron asks a restive France: What would you like to change?]( "Macron asks a restive France: What would you like to change?") Here in the assembly room of the Hotel de Ville, Paris's town hall, council members have been replaced with local citizens, and law proposals have given way to public comment. It is all part of France's "great national debate," an effort to quell the raging "Yellow Vest" protests that have shaken the nation since mid-November. For the next several weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the people to offer up their suggestions on better ways of governing in terms of the economy, education, the environment, security, and more.
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| The harsh light on Iran’s Islamic Revolution Posted: 11 Feb 2019 12:34 PM PST ![The harsh light on Iran's Islamic Revolution]( "The harsh light on Iran's Islamic Revolution") On Monday, Iran celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, which overthrew a monarchy and put in its place absolute rule by a Muslim cleric. Many Muslims inside and outside Iran have shown they prefer a strong say in who rules their societies. Popular demand for accountable government was not expected when the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious Shiite scholar, assumed power in 1979.
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| As Iran’s revolution turns 40, a consensus: Things must change Posted: 11 Feb 2019 10:21 AM PST ![As Iran's revolution turns 40, a consensus: Things must change]( "As Iran's revolution turns 40, a consensus: Things must change") Recirculating more and more these days, as Iranians assess both the sweet and bitter fruit of 40 years of Islamic Revolution, is a video taken on the plane carrying Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979. Known by his followers as bot shekan, the "idol smasher," Mr. Khomeini was about to sweep away 2,500 years of monarchy in Iran – and a shah who was a staunch American, Israeli, and Western ally. Khomeini aimed to install instead an Islamic Republic that promised justice, prosperity, and a popular "government of God," which would virulently oppose the United States and Israel.
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