Nasir Aziz, Ethan Casey and Asad Faizi discuss a challenge in the Supreme Court to MMA MNAs' educational qualifications, the US military's attempts to recruit Muslim soldiers, President Musharraf's annoyance at US claims that Pakistan is doing too little about a Taliban resurgence, and flak Jimmy Carter is catching for using the word "apartheid" in his new book about Palestine. In a new "Readings" feature, Ethan Casey recommends a forthrightly critical article critiquing US smugness by the venerable American political columnist William Pfaff.