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Opinion: Feb. 3, 2011: Most viewed, commented, Tweeted and shared

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The buzz for Feb. 3, 2011:

Most viewed: America’s ‘Islamist dilemma’

‎’America will always have an ‘Islamist dilemma.’ But it can be managed. Egypt is a good place to start trying,’ writes Shadi Hamid, director of research at the Brookings Doha Center and a fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.

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Most commented: Free the Irvine 11

‘UC Irvine suspended the Muslim Student Union after several members disrupted a speech by the Israeli ambassador. The district attorney’s involvement at this stage is simply overkill,’ says the editorial board.

Trending on Twitter: Apple ratchets down on apps -- again

Apple may be controlling, but is it breaking the law?

Shared on Facebook: Beirut calling

Lebanon, not Egypt, may determine the fate of democracy in the Middle East, writes John R. Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He is now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of ‘Surrender Is Not an Option.’

-- Alexandra Le Tellier

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