The slow pace of reform and economic pressure by Russia has dampened the enthusiasm of some supporters of Ukraine's Orange Revolution, led by pro-Western Viktor Yushchenko. Voters there are going to the polls today, and the old-skool, pro-Russian forces led by Viktor Yanukovych are expected to make gains.

This NYT article looks at Al-Jazeera International's coming launch in late May, and what the operation has to do to be successful.

A new book by Louis Uchitelle, an economics writer for the NYT, is getting released on Tuesday: The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences -- a topic near and dear to my heart. :)

Here's an excerpt of an article based on that book entitled, "Retraining laid-off workers, but for what?":