Arianna Huffington reports that: ..

the White House has decided to close Gitmo. Apparently, it came down to a face-off between the women in Bush's life -- Laura, Barbara, Condi, and Karen Hughes -- who argued that the detention facility is a stain on America's reputation in the world, and the pro-torture tag team of Cheney and Gonzales, who argued that moving enemy combatants to U.S. jails would give them more legal rights. Score one for the ladies. And the rule of law.

I have long been a proponent of the theory that if women ran the world, things would be very, very different. Score one for my side. And thanks to the women named above for doing the right thing and finally getting through.

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive