https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/07/31/el-gohary/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:40:58 -0400<![CDATA[&#8216;Just how broken a bureaucracy is,&#8217; someone told me once, &#8216;can be gauged from how quickly can they take a trivial problem and turn it into an intractable one.&#8217; Walk up to an agency with a cure for cancer and they will throw every obstacle in your path because they don&#8217;t have enough bureaucrats trained to regulate the new technology.  So when the Australian Labor government was criticized for letting in too many undesirable migrants from the Middle East the predictable result was the denial of asylum to two Egyptians seeking to avoid a fatwa for converting to Christianity. It all makes sense in a twisted kind of way.]]>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:36:28 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2010/07/31/el-gohary-n189915