The Painful Road to Democracy

Working my way through this week's Carnival of the Vanities, I was stricken by a post by Mark Pierce. He looked at the similarities between the birthing of democracy in America and what's occurring in Iraq right now. Take a look at The Iraqi Double Fork at Earthly Passions.

I had my teenage son read the post and we discussed it at length. For him, it was a history lesson and a chance to put his brain to work using some of the knowledge he's learned at school. When we stopped, he had a good grasp on how difficult a process our founding fathers endured and how long it took.

Thanks to Mark for a well-written post which sends the message that no matter how many alligators there are, don't forget the job is to drain the swamp.