I logged in tonight to write about my grandmother, and found that Blogger has furnished a much better way to write and publish than the old interface. I wanted to recommend another blog, written by a friend, Gary Farber. He is much more prolific than I, but our political interests seem to match (for example, he has written also on what's happening in the Congo right now and the question of genocide). I've known Gary since the mid-1970s, through science fiction fandom, and I enjoy keeping up with his various opinions via his blog!