Past, Present and Future

After an extended break for the holidays, I am glad to be back to blogging.

Much has happened since my last post and much can be said about those significant events. I hope over the next several days, to share my thoughts on events past, present and offer my predictions for the events to come.

One of the most significant events to occur particularly in my lifetime was the execution of Saddam Hussein, one of history's most evil dictators. What is significant about this event is a free people came together to draft a constitution, including a fair judiciary, which carried out justice without prejudice. Saddam Hussein's crime met the standard for capital punishment under Iraqi law and it was meted out quickly by Iraqi judges quickly. This was great step forward for the people of Iraq.

Domestically, Nancy Pelosi ascended to the Speaker's Chair in the US House of Representatives. A Maryland native (from Baltimore City), Ms Pelosi becomes the first woman speaker in our nation's history. Like many, I wish her luck - but not too much. The Democrats have laid out a weak agenda, "tackling" such issues as reducing student loans, raising the minimum wage and lobby reform in the first 100 hours. This isn't exactly the ambitious "Contract with America" agenda the 1994 Republicans worked to pass in the first 100 days. I hope the American people are satisfied with the sort of leadership we can expect from the Democrats, which is to say not much. "Buyer beware."