Sunday morning roundup

Riyadh is nervous.

What revolution means for women in the Middle East, what democracy might mean for Al Qaida, and what social media does not mean for revolution.

Trade between India and Pakistan, as well as confidence-building, could be better.

Wow. Debbie Schlussel somehow managed to be more despicable than Nir Rosen. Wait, it gets even worse.

Frances Kissling writes that advocates of choice need to change course.

Frank Rich on CPAC and other politics of the week.

Wait, some conservatives are just now wondering whether Glenn Beck's gone off the deep end?

Are fewer males are actually becoming men? BTW, did you all catch the Tracy McMillan Valentine's Day piece?

Out of context, this might be the saddest statement ever:

"KFC is certainly doing better than McDonald's at becoming more Chinese," says Su Yi, 28, a lawyer, as he pauses between spoonfuls of mushroom, bacon and rice at lunch in a packed KFC opposite Beijing's Jishuitan subway station. "I have lunch at KFC twice a week because there's always one close by. And when I'm out on a date and want to impress a girl, I take her to Pizza Hut."

The article does clarify, however, that

Pizza Huts in China bear even less resemblance to their Western counterparts. While a KFC in the People's Republic still looks like a Western-style fast-food restaurant, Chinese Pizza Huts are marketed as sophisticated venues for the legion of increasingly affluent and status-conscious Chinese. Seated in cushioned booths, customers can choose from a 106-item menu that includes wine and Chinese-influenced dishes, such as scallop croquettes with crushed seaweed and even French-inspired escargot.

. Yesterday's fierce winds took down the National Christmas Tree.

Someone please tell my multilingual-yet-easily-distracted brain that foreign language learning is found to thwart ADD.

"His Eye Is on the Sparrow" was phenomenal. Not for the first time, watching a one-woman show, I found myself "seeing" the people she was talking to.

Gael Garcia Bernal is so hot... ahem... my point is, "Even the Rain" looks really interesting.