The internet continues to revolutionize society. Yes, it's another day in the 21st Century. Instapundit and many other bloggers have been following the story of the disintermediation of the news. That

A couple of commenters at a Davids Medienkritik post have some interesting (because I agree with them) things to say about the differences between French and German opposition to the US and to the war

Comfortingly, troops from Rwanda have arrived in Darfur to protect international observers there. They're a part of a larger anticipated AU (African Union) force. Sudan has two weeks to placate the UN

Herewith I present an absolutely priceless opening paragraph from the 'news' organization Reuters in a piece titled Nearly 10 Million Afghans to Embrace Democracy:

Thousands of U.S. troops in Afgha

The BBC has a story about London's bid to hold the games there in 2012 (2008 is already set for Beijing). The other contenders are Paris, Madrid, New York, and Moscow. Not that I'm an expert on the co

Reuters:

The United States plans to withdraw about 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia in a major realignment of American military presence prompted by the end of the Cold War and the beginning of t

What does one make of blog posts titled Swift Boat Veterans for Lies and Bush Must Go? The latest rants from another angry left wing blogger? Yes, probably that, but also he's my brother, blogging fro

AP:

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union said Tuesday that it would be up to U.N. experts to determine whether killings and other atrocities in the Sudanese province of Darfur amounted to genocid

The Arabs don't want the West messing around in Sudan. Since the victims in Sudan are black Africans and the killers are Arabs, I'd have been very surprised had the Arab League come up with any other

My local ABC affiliate presented a brief interview with decapitation video hoaxer Benjamin Vanderford. (I assume this was an ABC network affair and available to any affiliate that wanted to use it.) A

Media spin about the latest DHS terror alerts:

Warnings were issued on Sunday from what was said to be "new" information, though officials now say al-Qaeda gathered it up to four years ago.

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Saddam's daughter Raghad Saddam Hussein feels obligated to become a politician. "This is my life, my future and the people look at me as Saddam's heir."

Wow. Another political dynasty in the making

France.

Their policy to act as a counterweight to the US on the world stage has caused them to behave in a way that will prolong suffering in the developing world and in the Arab/Muslim world, and