Wednesday morning roundup

DC's Ethiopian diaspora community parses Meles' death.

Anne Applebaum writes that the nature of dissent in Russia has changed.


Think of massive food waste not only as an abomination in its own right but in the context of the argument that we need industrial agriculture to feed the world. Or, as Mark Bittman puts it, feed our junk food and cheeseburger habit."

It hardly needs to be said that there are two Virginias.
Capitol Hill loses a beloved, homeless personality.

Kathleen Parker points out that a lot of men don't really understand women.

I find all but one of these homes (ironically, the least expensive) unappealing.