Thursday, February 13, 2003

[Colin Glassey] David Remick writes about Vaclav Havel Vaclav Havel gave up his position as President of the Czech Republic this last week. David Remnick (editor of The New Yorker) writes this wonderful appreciation of the great Czech. For me Havel is an notable figure in World History. He is living proof that you can be a moral, thoughtful, decent, self-doubting, leader of a modern nation. I strongly suspect that he could not have held office in earlier times but we live in a more civilized age. We live in an age where playwrites can be political leaders. This is a sign of hope for me. May we see his like in the future. Here's to you Vaclav. 12:04:07 PM     [Colin Glassey] Fouad Ajami on Iraq This is the article which Danial Pipes refered to in his comment for the New York Post last week. Its a long read but very insightful. I must say it is very sad that for all the money we have given to Egypt over the last 25 years (more than 50 billion dollars so far), the net result is Egypt is a military dictatorship where the majority (?) of the people hate America, especially the young. Hopefully we can do better in Iraq. 11:57:28 AM

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