Middle America suffers social tension over Iraq
Wall Street Journal - By AMY SCHATZ. WASHINGTON -- John Edwards topped the field of Democratic presidential contenders in the liberal blog DailyKos's latest straw poll.
A mysterious, huge, dense mass of cold water is milling off the coast of Sydney, baffling researchers and delighting fishermen ... [more]


New world order
Europeans grumble as US swaps old alliances for an 'open marriage'
Food, housing, and healthcare costs rose at a 6 percent yearly rate in the past three months. By Mark Trumbull
Congress eyes lost billions sent to Iraq
Audits discovered $10 billion in lost or wasted funding since 2003, prompting talk of reforms to prevent war profiteering. By Peter Grier
The un-Rumsfeld: Robert Gates's way at Defense
Observers say Gates has established himself as a pragmatist and effective navigator of the Washington bureaucracy. By Gordon Lubold
Sunni Insurgents Show Resilience in Iraq
Forbes - By STEVEN R. HURST 03.18.07, 3:54 PM ET. Sunni insurgents, resilient despite the five-week security crackdown in the capital, killed at least seven more US troops over the weekend.
Yukio Mishima was a right-wing fanatic and national embarrassment for Japan. He was also a vastly talented writer... more»
The Victorian “crisis of faith” predates Darwin’s Origin of Species. Tennyson felt confronted by “nature red in tooth and claw” in 1850... more»

Dumbing down Latin in the classroom, ad absurdum
We should stop assuming that children need to have everything made easier, and make things more interesting instead
Partner Adopted by an Heiress Stakes Her Claim
By PAM BELLUCK and ALISON LEIGH COWAN
The former lesbian partner of the granddaughter of the founder of I.B.M. is seeking a share of an inherited fortune.