As I said in an earlier post, I went to see a film and discussion Thursday night called the End of Suburbia, which could have easily been called The End of Oil.

In a week where the New Yorker's cover story was about the coming wars and Dubya burbled about freedom (Freedom 27, Liberty 15 was the Daily Show's count -- "it was a noble effort by Liberty, which as you know has been playing hurt since the Patriot Act," cracked Jon Stewart) in his inauguration speech, it seems to me all three could be wrapped into one thread.

A look at the film The End of Suburbia, the issues it raises, and how it ties into the Hersh article and Dubya's inauguration.

The Toronto Star is doing a six-part series on various aspects of life in the U.S. of A. leading up to Dubya taking repeating the presidential oath one last time on Thurdsay.

This is from an English-language Sri Lankan newspaper called the Daily News. It's about the toll on Sri Lankan journalists in tsunami-hit areas -- and a plea for help.