Tuesday morning roundup

The Post's article on an Abuela de la Plaza de Mayo--see the March New Yorker article for additional depth--went well with Rowena Xiaoqing He's op-ed on Tiananmen that ran today:

Maybe the Tiananmen Mothers could help remind us of some common sense: The moment a government orders its army to fire on its own people, it loses its legitimacy; when a regime tells its people that human lives and human rights, human dignity and human decency can be “sacrificed” for the sake of higher goals such as national pride and economic development, it sends the message that any principle can be compromised for the ideals of “get rich” and “rising.” Such mentality has become the root of major social and political problems in the post-Tiananmen China.

Virginia needs more net metering, not less. Not that yours truly has tens of thousands of dollars lying around for solar panels. You've gotta love how the article discusses free ridership among those with solar panels, without mentioning the externalities associated with coal-based electricity. Cheap electricity comes at a price, too. Do catch the Transit of Venus this afternoon if you have the chance. This gets good a few minutes in: