Somedays you gotta hand it to folks you often bitterly complain about. Today, for me, it’s the editors of the San Francisco Chronicle. Leaping out of their way … [Keep reading >>]

The US Campaign for Burma brings you this transcript of a distraught cell phone call.

“(They) shoot. (They) shoot here. (People) die. Today is not brutal like yesterday, I … [Keep reading >>]

Seymour Hersh in the New Yorker is onto the Administration’s efforts to rescue its debacle in Iraq by asserting a terrible threat from Iran.

…there has been a significant increase in … [Keep reading >>]

“Just last Sunday—when marches led by Buddhist monks drew thousands in Burma’s biggest cities—Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora was in the country’s capital for the signing of oil and gas … [Keep reading >>]

After 11 weeks of interviews, Katie Thompson (with the support of the Des Moines Register) has published the stories of (mostly) women in abusive relationships that were hard to leave … [Keep reading >>]

Bush’s poll numbers were the focus of the Miami Herald’s Jim Morin: “Any sign of a surge yet?”

Elephant Dung … [Keep reading >>]

The BBC’s Roger Harrabin explores the fallout from the recent attempt by Bush to claim leadership on climate change: “Significantly, some of the visiting delegates indicated they were already … [Keep reading >>]

Writing in the Guardian, Emma Larkin explains why change in Myanmar will be slow, bloody and possible: “And yet, over the past fortnight, the monks have risen up in numbers … [Keep reading >>]

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The absurd irony of Bush’s threatened veto of a medical insurance plan for children is ably captured by Nick Andereson of the Houston Chronicle: “We’ve got to draw the line … [Keep reading >>]

Writing in the Charleston Gazette, Joe Wyatt thinks he has figured out why we are still fighting an unwinnable war: “In the end it comes down to this. We … [Keep reading >>]

The Guardian’s Ewen MacAskill reports on European anger at the ‘charade’ of the Bush climate change meeting: “A senior European diplomat attending the conference, speaking on condition of anonymity, … [Keep reading >>]