STAN'S BLOGS

With the final reformation election coming in December, let's see in the next few weeks "what Iraq's neighbors have to say" about the progress, deterioration and/or future of Iraq. I see Iraq's neighbors, out of necessity, being the ones that step-up and deal with the eventual resolution of the new Iraqi government once the Coalition members are forced, by popular opinion at home, to step aside. Nov 23, 2005 Iranian supreme leader says no limit on cooperation with Iraq Iranian Supreme Leader Seyed Ali Khamenei said here on Tuesday that there was no limit for Iran on the development of cooperation with Iraq, the official IRNA news agency reported. "Iran is proud of Iraq's progress, security, independence and national strength and there is no limit on the development of cooperation with Iraq," Khamenei was quoted as saying at a meeting with visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Khamenei said Iran and Iraq enjoyed long-standing religious, cultural

There's no doubt I've always believed I grew up in the "world's greatest country," the United States of America. That's what I've always been told, and I've had no reason to believe otherwise... until now, possibly. You may have been brought up the same way, never giving the declaration a second thought. But before either one of us goes back to our mind-numbing, "love it or leave it" comfort zones, let's consider these three American myths: The U.S. has the World's Best Health Care A new international survey supported by The Commonwealth Fund finds that one-third of U.S. patients with health problems reported experiencing medical mistakes, medication errors, or inaccurate or delayed lab results—the highest rate of any of the six nations surveyed. While the U.S. performed better than most countries on the hospital transition measure, it had the highest rate of patients reporting coordination problems during doctor visits. One-third (3