As Iraqis prepare to head to the polls Sunday some of the candidates on the ballot may be disqualified from holding office due to their prior connections to Saddam Hussein's government.

U.S. diplomats are pressing for the victory of the candidate who presided over Iraq at its nadir.

Politics is the art of the possible. Liberalism will not be achieved through political martyrdom. Not believing in a loser is not the same as supporting Islamism.

A review ofAli A. Allawi's The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace.

The Iraq embassy in Washington is a symptom of many problems with interim Iraqi president Ayad Allawi.

The United States should protect the Iraqi electoral process from anyone seeking to manipulate its outcome.

Ambassador John Negroponte should impress on Iraq's Iyad Allawi the importance of advancing national elections, not on reincorporating the old Sunni military elite into a new army.

Democracy may be a process, but it is one in which Iraqis are ready to take the first step.