Marching in place

The highlight of the last few days: the hilarious reference by Egypt's state-run TV network to Mubarak's speech as a "historical decision in the nation's 7,000-year-old march toward democracy".

Well, you know what they say: a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Of course, ideally you'd like to achieve a better pace than one step every 7,000 years.