The headline reads: Arafat-His Life Personified a Dream.

Bullshit. His life personified the survival of a terrorist and the manipulation of a whole population to his will.

I do not understand why we continue to revere superannuated terrorists as statesmen and politicians and accord them status equal to people who have sought peace and the rule of law all their lives. (And I'm not just talking about Arafat).

Bah, humbug. People are so easily misled, it's amazing we made it out of the trees.