The Sunday Times runs Archbishop Desmond Tutu's "A blind eye to genocide," which informs us that "(t)oday is the international day of action for Darfur. Around the world from Cape Town to London, Moscow to New York, concerned citizens are asking why the UN security council's resolutions on Darfur have yet to be enforced. We are still waiting for a no-fly zone, targeted sanctions against the architects of the genocide, and referrals to the International War Crimes Tribunal. No wonder the Khartoum regime denies UN peacekeepers access to Darfur. Today is also the first anniversary of the adoption by the UN of a policy called the Responsibility to Protect. According to that document the international community should put aside its narrow self-interest and act to prevent genocide or ethnic cleansing. [...]"
Kelly-Anne Suarez's Los Angeles Times story "Princess Finds the Shoe Fits" (via Joe Pennant) is the week's feel-good story, good for bumpin' in Bumpe, Sierra Leone, and beyond.
Doug Lederman's Inside Higher Ed article "Progress but only partial" quotes Kentucky state representative Darryl G. Owens, D-Louisville, as liking what he saw of President Lee T. Todd Jr., whose University of Kentucky appears to have reversed falling black admission rates: "When I and the other legislators met with him last year, the thing that particularly struck me was that he was not the least bit defensive. I said to some of my colleagues, 'I think this man gets it.' But the proof is always in the pudding, and these results, now that we have them, speak quite well of President Todd and his commitment."
Bergen County Record columnist Lawrence Aaron's "Evening news is missing color" muses on the fuzz raised over Katie Couric's CBS Evening News anchor gig. (Donnez-moi Harry Roselmack on le horn, stat!)
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