The future will pay heavy bills for what's happening in Russia today.
The occasional injection of David Bacon's writing is fine and well,
but this list should have regular reporting from people on the spot
or nearby.
I could suggest as much re Germany as well. There should be a space
for Germany-watchers, especially now, in the run-up to one of
the most crucial elections anywhere this decade.
valis
"Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.
I have never thought much of the courage of a lion-tamer. Inside the
cage he is at least safe from other men. There is not much harm in
a lion. He has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry,
no gentility; in short, no reason for destroying anything that
he does not want to eat."
-- George Bernard Shaw
