: About Me

Iowaprodigal is a college student in New York City. He lived in the rural Midwest for 16 years before he moved out East, and he takes pleasure in the contrasts the urban experience provides with his rural background.

Additionally, Iowaprodigal was has a diverse educational background. Homeschooled through high school, his education came primarily from his voracious desire to learn. He was also heavily involved in activities out of the home: piano and voice lessons, the Future Problem Solving Program (http://www.fpsp.org/), working in the local public library, and providing computer repair/troubleshooting to those with limited accessibility. Politically, Iowaprodigal's interests were fueled while working as a page in the Iowa House of Representatives and experiencing the political process first-hand.

Iowaprodigal enjoys reading: fiction - sci-fi (Isaac Asimov), historical fiction (Michael Shaara); non-fiction - current events, history, etc. He is also very interested in political theory and economics. Additionally, he enjoys working with computers and debating friends.

Iowaprodial can be contacted at iowacrusader@gmail.com, and would love to hear comments or critiques on his articles and arguments.

My passion is ...

learning

I know too much about ...

history

My parents always told me ...

to never limit myself

My childhood ambition ...

to overcome mediocrity

My favorite memory ...

snow falling, curled up on the floor in front of the fireplace with a good book

Why I write ...

to develop effective communication skills

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Volitare's Candide, Plato's Republic, Jet Li's Fearless, & Relient K's new Christmas album

My first job ...

working at the local public library

My best moment ...

walking through the streets of NYC every day

Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Will Iraq ever form a legitimate government?

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No one should deny that Iraq will form a legitimate government one day. The real question is what the form of that government will take. Thanks to a variety of factors, the likelihood of an American-style democracy in Iraq is slim. Additionally, the government formed in Iraq right now is not legitimate because it is incapable of self-support and propagation. An important definition of terms revolves around the meaning of "legitimate government." Legitimate, derived from the Latin "legitimare" (to make legal), means "conforming to the law" according to the Oxford English Dictionary. However...

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