Many good sources - analyzes why the Bush administration has been so ineffective on doing anything about the genocide in Dafur.

I found this to be a moving and informative opinion piece on the US bombing of Japan. There has clearly been a reluctance in this country to examine critically Truman's decision to use nuclear bombs on innocent civilians. We have all heard the rationale; this article presents the other side of the argument.

Good story about former Senator John Edwards and his campaign against poverty. It goes into some depth about the details of his program and places him in the context of some of the other front contenders for the Democratic Party primaries.

Interesting story about a new supposedly bipartisan report on the public school system. I couldn't get a sense of whether it is a truly bipartisan report. The one quote from a critic was not helpful in understanding the substance of what might be serious criticism of the report. There was no attempt to critically analyze the report and put its proposals into any kind of meaningful context. It seemed these proposals might be an first step toward "privatizing" the public school system, but there was not enough information to be sure.

I don't think the interviewer really tried to get or got at what makes Senator Obama "tick". The article mentions nothing about the Senator's background, his beliefs, or the issues about which he is passionate. However, it did not fail to mention his million dollar house, his lack of experience, and the latest scandal. This is not serious journalism.

Lead sentence uses the word "wantonly" - a provocative and biased word, and it isn't clear that Murtha would agree with this characterization. Also, it doesn't appear that the authors did much investigating on their own for this story - second hand reporting I call it.

While not stated, this is more analysis/opinion than news.