The media template has crises erupt, fasten our attention for, maybe, a week, then surrender to some new sensation--say, the death of Michael Jackson. But revolutions like the slow boiling one that appears to be going on in Iran don't yield to the media's requirements any more than they do to the squeamishness of Western leaders. They will persist after the cameras and reporters have left.
Michael Ledeen is always a stern, but reliable source on developments in Iran and should be getting more attention. His dedication is inspiring.
Had you heard before the account of the fly that buzzed Ahmadinejad during a live broadcast and obviously threw him off? The Twitter joke that Ledeen reports receiving--that the fly was about to be arrested and would soon appear on state television issuing a confession--expresses the spirit of the place and panache of the brave, mostly young, people who are on the rooftops chanting and silently conducting a strike on the streets.
Summer still has a long time to go in Iran. The people there are not giving up. Let's not give up on them.
