The Independent Election Commission of Iraq today certified the results of the middle-eastern country’s first free, multi-party democratic elections. The results will be used to allocate seats in the 275-member National Assembly.
Don’t Blame Me for Your Bad Driving!
I have generally resigned myself to the fact that there are a lot of bad drivers out there. It still bothers me that the government allows people to operate heavy, fast, potentially deadly vehicles without any qualification to do so, but I’ve gotten used to it. When I see somebody do something stupid behind the wheel I just sigh and move on.
U.S. Recalls Ambassador From Syria
The United States has recalled its ambassador from Syria as a response to the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the former prime minister of Lebanon. The bombing that killed Hariri in Beirut also killed 16 others and injured 137.
Love’s Dying Ritual
A great Valentine’s Day piece by William Raspberry in the Washington Post today. Sadly, what Raspberry describes is largely how ‘dating’ (or something vaguely analogous to it) happens today. This informal ‘hooking up’ in lieu of ‘courting’ is why people like me—who value real relationships—have so much trouble finding romantic fulfillment in High School or College (you’ll see my expansive commentary on this in verse form when my poetry section returns).
Repairing the Democratic Tent
An interesting opinion piece on the Washington Post site this morning by Tim Roemer about some of the current attitudes prevalent in the Democratic Party and how they have harmed said party. Roemer was one of the challengers to Howard Dean for the chair of the DNC, though he dropped out recently after it became clear that Dean was going to win by a[n unfortunate] landslide.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.