"On Poetry and the Reallocation of Concentration: Learning to Forget" by Beth Ann Fennelly, at poets.org.

"A Howl against performance poetry" by Shirley Dent at spiked.

"United States: Thousands of Children Sentenced to Life without Parole" at Human Rights Watch's website.

Once again the United States of Amerika is leading the way!

The March of Progress Dept.:

As if "Für Elise" ringtones weren't disgusting enough . . . ." Traditionalists abhor cell phone poetry" by Phred Dvorak, from The Wall Street Journal via delawareonline.com.

Faint Light at the End of the Tunnel Dept.:

"By a margin of 50% to 44%, Americans want Congress to consider impeaching President Bush if he lied about the war in Iraq, according to a new poll commissioned by AfterDowningStreet.org, a grassroots coalition that supports a Congressional investigation of President Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003."

From "Americans Favor Bush's Impeachment If He Lied about Iraq" at Democrats.com.

"Monkey Business and Moral Panic" by E. J. Graff at AlterNet.