We in Kuwait have just had elections for our National Assembly – the second in a year because… well, politics suck. Especially in a wealthy, third world country that has taken all the bad/none of the good parts of an American Democracy (that goes for American TV and American food as well).

But lo and behold – Hell froze over and women were elected to the Assembly for the first time! Not one, not two – but FOUR!! And for the first time in many elections, the fundamentalists lost seats. Whether this will unstick the government from lethargy, corruption and self-serving grandstanding remains to be seen. But it IS hopeful.

The Right blames Obama.