The Presidential Agenda

If independent polls are correct, the second round of Egypt’s presidential election will pit Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom & Justice Party against Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister appointed by the country’s former dictator, Hosni Mubarak. For the moment, let us set aside the finalists’ relative merits and focus instead on the Pharaonic theft and neglect of the Mubarak era and what must be done to reverse its consequences. Whomever is elected shall bec...

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