The Balkans despite frequently capturing world headlines have long seemed a place apart. ‘In Europe but not of it’, the Balkans have, like a horror movie, both fascinated and repelled. Full Article at The Pensive Quill
On Wednesday before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Cleveland edition of the Call & Post, a weekly newspaper with a largely black readership, published a front page, above the fold editorial criticizing Ohio State Senator Nina Turner for her recent... Full Article at Huffington Post
Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial. We do so because humanity faces a profound emergency. Full Article at The Hindu
Newspapers hot off the press at a printing centre. Photograph: Sarah Lee Climate change poses a particular challenge to journalists. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
Circling the wagons — which, contrary to Hollywood, most often led to a circle of burned wagons and dead settlers :-) It’s amazing that the OTHER half of the equation, CO2 levels, never gets questioned — and yet it’s arguable that modern CO2 data is in... Full Article at The Volokh Conspiracy
For a decade of budget debates, we Minnesotans have been caught in the trap of false choices. What do we cut? Health care or job training? Whom do we blame? Who takes the heat in the next election? Full Article at Minneapolis Star Tribune
President Barack Obama holds a meeting on Afghanistan in the Situation Room of the White House. Full Article at The Politico
HOW quickly politicians can slip into roles that others have created for them. Full Article at The Age
When Julia Gillard faced the media outside Federal Parliament in Canberra on Wednesday she looked shell-shocked. Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald
IN POLITICS nothing can be taken for granted. If Kevin Rudd had been thinking of a March-April election - which he probably wasn't - he won't be now. Full Article at The Age