High Achieving Manic-Depressives

How the viewer can tolerate the pain of being constantly exposed to hopelessness in the face of good news.

BAGHDAD -- For the women of Iraq, Sunday's election represents a landmark of sorts, with at least a quarter of the 275 seats in parliament reserved for women and campaign rules requiring one female candidate for every two men running for office.

Today, once and again, the French TV was still talking about an "Iraki quagmire", just several days before the first democratic elections this country has never know of its 8000 years old history...

[Ed.: Turn on, tune out... Or something like that...]

- Shookran, RV