Like the rest of the free world, I’ve found Time’s “people of the year” selection less than inspired. Were it up to me, I probably would have gone with the Iraqi voter, upon whose decisions so much seems to hinge right now. Alternately, I might have chosen the Google guys. Finally, I would have felt a temptation to pick Pope John Paul II — I know he’s dead (duh), but he seemed to teach so much in the end and the world was gripped by his passing and the choice of his successor.