New feature: Current picks

Currently reading: An article on The Times about "George W.'s Palace". In Baghdad, a city currently deprived of running water and electricity, Bush builds a 590 million dollar embassy that will be bigger than any palace Hussein ever built and will be visible from space.

An article on The Guardian about how a Pentagon unit defied CIA advice to justify Iraq warCurrently watching: "Barefoot Gen": Manga creator Keiji Nakazawa's account of his childhood experiences during the atomic bombing of his native Hiroshima.

Currently Listening to:Madeleine Peyroux's "Half the Perfect World"