Barack Obama’s historic address to the Turkish Parliament does not only herald the new era between the two countries but also reveals how Washington places this secular democracy with a predominantly Muslim population "at the center of the new world order."
As you might have already known, the year 2009 is also the "Darwin Year." It is the bicentennial of the birthday of the great British naturalist, and sesquicentennial of publication of his famous book "The Origin of Species." Hence we hear a lot these days about evolution, its history and, most important of all, its meaning.