Slate: there are sadly lots of death toll calculations lately; here's how it's done
Slate: members of the military are sabotaging the Guantánamo tribunals
"Since the inception of the commissions, the brakes have almost always been applied when some member of the military has balked, even when going along would have been the far easier course. These refusals—some silent, some very public—have combined to stall the tribunals."
NYT: McCain says the US will be out of Iraq by 2013
NYT: Bush such an easy target, even the NYT can't resist
"...Mr. Bush laid out what he called “a bold vision” for how the Middle East might look on Israel’s 120th anniversary, a vision that bears little resemblance to the way the region looks today.Drawing parallels to the transformations of Europe and Japan after World War II, Mr. Bush in his speech touched on themes familiar to him, including the triumph of democracy over terrorism. He predicted “free and independent societies” across the region."
also, he took a shot at Obama, alluding to him as an "appeaser" like isolationists pre-WWII, while mischaracterizing Obama's openness to diplomacy as wanting to host fireside chats with terrorists.
New York Magazine: the Crown Heights orthodox vigilantes
The Shmira—the name means “to watch” or “to protect” in Hebrew—has a contentious history in the neighborhood. Founded in 1968, its original membership was conspicuously multiethnic. Today the Shmira’s 100 or so members are all Jewish. They monitor the neighborhood from a police-style patrol car.
Chris Blattman: diplomats confront militia members in Zimbabwe
AP: Mexican Popular Revolution Army rejects talks with gov't
"The EPR burst into public view in the 1990s during a rally in the poor southern state of Guerrero. It claims hundreds of members across Mexico but after lethal ambushes on rural police and army bases, the group remained quiet for nearly a decade."
NYT: Kenyan running community disrupted by the displacement and violence
NYT: marriage is so gay in California
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