Here's a mixed bag of what I've been reading recently:

A former KGB officer spills the beans on ex-colleague Vladimir Putin.

Does stress debriefing after a traumatic event really work?

Ecuador goes after ChevronTexaco for enviromental pollution.

How do you explain the neo-con logic (or lack thereof) on Iraqi peacekeeping? It's not really a paradox after all.

It's high time we brought the rule of law back to its origins in America.

Is China finally coming out of its diplomatic shell? Look for a more activist Chinese foreign policy in the future.

Here's a neat idea: Amazon now lets you search the full text of its digitized book catalog.

The Rummy memo, full text.

More bad news on the rising costs college tuition. And, the NY Times weighs in on college textbook costs.

Cannibalism has been around for eons but it took Hannibal Lector to match it up with chianti.

What happened to $5 billion worth of British aid money for Iraq? Did it go to the Coalition or end up in some cash black hole?

Soong Mei-Ling, a/k/a Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, is dead at age 105.

The growing number of Americans who live single is becoming a whole demographic unto itself.