Posts Tagged ‘Iranian Elections’

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Peggy Noonan has a column critiquing those who are trying to politically posture themselves to be more in line with the reformers in Iran. She states:

“This was Aggressive Political Solipsism at work: Always exploit events to show you love freedom more than the other guy, always make someone else’s delicate drama your excuse for a thumping curtain speech.”

This isn’t a time for politics, this is a time where we allow the very premise that this nation was founded on speak for itself.

Watching this video from the BBC, the sentiment “nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change” comes to mind.

Indeed, hurrah.
(h/t Andrew Sullivan)

My latest piece on Huffpost.

Translation: "Trust us! We had counted the votes a few days before the election."

I’m going to write more on this tonight– but in the meantime, wanted to share my first post for Global Grind on the Iranian elections.

Global Grind is Russel Simmon’s website, I’ll be contributing posts weekly.