Chrenkoff: Part 12 of Good News from Iraq
The opener of this installment is brilliant:
I struggled to find some good news.
The picture painted by the news stories was bleak: another suicide attack, a shoot-out with armed militants, soldiers dying in an ambush, a man accused of collaborating with the hated occupiers executed by parties unknown, property destruction causing resentment among the locals, hostile noises from the neighbors, another condemnation from international community, and at home political instability and accusations of corruption at the highest level. There was hardly anything about economy and enterprise, nothing about culture and civil society, barely a glimpse of any positive development or an indication that something, somewhere might be going right.
After about ten minutes I gave up trying to find some good news from Israel.
I think Arthur Chrenkoff’s Good News articles are so valuable that I’ve decided to link to the entire series in my menu bar. If it’s not over there when you read this, it will be in short order.
While you’re there, be sure to go to the front page where you’ll find some great perspectives on Australia’s recent election and other insightful commentary.
