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...month since the U.S. handed sovereignty back to Iraqis, democratic rule is still far from sight. Amid complaints from Iraqis like Abu Tbikh and fears that the national conference could turn into a farce, overseers from the United Nations late last week persuaded the Iraqis to postpone the meeting until Aug. 15. The hope is that by then, conference organizers will be able to institute a set of rules that everyone can tolerate. But the delay of Iraq's first meaningful democratic exercise is still a worrying sign?and throws into question whether the country will be ready for elections...
...Amid the disorder, it's not surprising that the road to democracy is proving stomach-churning. Even before it was scheduled to begin, the national conference was plagued by infighting and irregularities. A seven-party caucus in Baghdad last weekend to choose delegates to the conference was scuttled after the ballot box was found to be stuffed with patently false photocopied ballots. Six of the parties called for an investigation; the seventh stalked out, effectively invalidating the entire vote. Meanwhile, in an attempt to halt a process they feel unfairly benefits the Shi'ites and the Kurds, many from...
...attend a very fancy charity ball held at the opulent Pierre hotel (61st and 5th Avenue). Amid an Athenian interior (complete with wall-size paintings depicting leisurely Greek life) I make my way through a packed ballroom of record executives, rising starlets, a parade of publicists and assorted hangers-on—including a paralegal named (I am not making this up) Jennifer Justice...
...Amid escalating laughter, Franken told of the lawsuit brought by Fox against his book, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, on behalf of Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly, who objected to being called a liar...
...real is the "threat"? Amid the hysteria, it's worth reassessing the facts. Gay couples have the provisional right to marry in only one state, and that state's voters will decide in 2006 whether that right will remain. Thirty-eight states have legislative bans on marriage rights for gays and on recognizing other states' gay marriages. The federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 underlines the right of states not to recognize marriages from other states. Four states have constitutional amendments barring marriage to gays; as many as a dozen have scheduled referendums to consider this. In Massachusetts, there...