WILL KING JUAN CARLOS SMACKDOWN mark a turning point?

That's because Spain isn't just any country, and its monarch isn't just any figurehead. In asking "why don't you shut up" to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Juan Carlos signaled that time has run out on democracies' tolerance of anything a boorish dictator seeking to dominate the region can dish out.

Read the rest. I'm not sure I'm as optimistic, though. I think it's a matter of time until Chavez's demagoguery turns the tables and gets the support of quite a few people.