Australia has a female Prime Minister now, people are walking around with Star-Trek devices called iPads, the Middle East youth are rebelling and calling for democracy and America has its first black President. All of this was only a daydream a few years ago.
But - cynicism is still attached like a limpet mine to world affairs;
http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/04/trump-birtherism-and-race-baiting.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/28/bahrain-death-penalty-shia-protesters
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/welfare-sector-calls-for-fair-go-for-poor-20110428-1dyel.html
http://www.zdnet.com.au/iphone-ipad-tracking-big-deal-339313651.htm
Saleh.
