If chapter one is ending, what happens in chapter two?

It appears likely, according to news reports, that Hosni Mubarak is ready to step aside. The question is what happens next: Does the military take over? Does it take over temporarily under the oversight of a council of civilians? Will there be chaos? Will the Muslim Brotherhood take over?

History unfolds as it unfolds — we can’t predict its outcome nor, as these shifting currents in Egypt prove, can we control it. We just have to go with it and trust that the democracy movement is strong.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet