On the protest front we have the country's number one feminist demanding more rights for men who, even if they were innocent of the charge of being terrorists, would probably want to see her silenced and wearing a black shroud for the rest of her life.

I would like to suggest that we free the Guantanamo prisoners and send Ms. Steinem a one way ticket to the Afghan/Pakistan border, the land of the free.

Feminist author Gloria Steinem on Monday joined about 200 protesters to demand the closure of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, saying holding prisoners indefinitely without charging them violates the values upon which the United States was founded.

Steinem compared Guantanamo to the kind of autocratic rule early colonists were trying to flee.

I'm sure her British friends are thrilled with that comparison.

It must absolutely make these people's head spin when they read about the spread of democracy in Iraq.

Sunni Group Calls on Iraqis to Register to Vote

After an electoral boycott that many moderate Sunnis privately regard as disastrous, a major Sunni umbrella group called on its people today to register for the next round of elections and participate "despite our reservations," possibly a sign of a new political landscape taking shape for the next round of voting.

Adnan Al-Dulaimi, the head of the group, called the Sunni Endowment, said in a press briefing in Baghdad that clerics would be asked to issue fatwas, or religious rulings, essentially ordering Sunnis to vote in the elections. Among its other functions, the Sunni Endowment is charged with oversight of Sunni Arab mosques and holy sites throughout Iraq, giving it wide influence among clerics.

"I ask all Sunni people to register their names for the next election, because we are in a political battle that depends on the vote," Mr. Dulaimi said.

Don't they know that the insurgency is winning and that according to our media victory is almost theirs? And why would they want to join a government that we are told by the media has had no noticeable effect in Iraq?