My emailed copy of the Washington Post is a bit of a goldmine today.

Rural Residents Unsure They're Part of Obama's America. I have to admit, I have difficulty understanding the mindset of someone who would decide not to vote for a candidate because of his or her position on guns. Guns. I wouldn't decide on that issue, and I'm passionately pro- ( Read more... )

...and for once, with some reason.

Here is a news story from Sri Lanka that has stayed with me through the week. The editor of the Sri Lankan newspaper The Sunday Leader, Lasantha Wickrematunge, was shot in the head last Thursday by two gunmen. The Leader is known as Sri Lanka's best independant newspaper, and is frequently critical of both the ( Read more... )

I started to read a pro-Israel article this morning that I found very persuasive -- and then had to rush off to college for my opinion writing exam. I had though it was in The Guardian, but remembering now, I think it was actually in The Times ( Read more... )

Some of the articles that have been grabbing my attention lately are ones that look at the pragmatics of the Gazan situation and avoid the intractable bog of moral justifications coming from each side. Refusing to engage in that, they examine instead whether the Israeli offensive will help secure Israel's security and peace in the region generally ( Read more... )