Day before Groundhog Day

Last Sunday, Iraq pulled off a successful election. Successful describes the fact that so many people turned out to vote. Hopefully their results will be more definitive than our 2000 presidential election. I hope, as does most of the world, that Iraq's election is the beginning of the empowerment of the citizens of countries in the mid-east.

I'd love to write more, but N and J are climbing all over me and want some attention.