More Good News From Iraq - Robert Caldwell, San Diego Union-Tribune:

"First the press and then the public (could there be a connection?) have soured on an Iraq war now in its third year with a casualty count nearing 2,000 American dead. Predictably, then, too little has been made of the most recent events that point to eventual success for the U.S. mission and vindication of the heroic sacrifice made by America's soldiers and Marines..."

Prime-time for Democracy - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

"The opening of the first of several trials of Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity is an indication of how far Iraq has come since American tanks entered Baghdad two and a half years ago..."