Joe Nocera's opinion piece in today's NYT had a great sub-heading: "What Putin & Pals want, Putin & Pals get". This observation is in regard to the trial, and today's conviction, of Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky and Platon L. Lebedev.
Also in today's NYT is a review of Peter Godwin's new book The Fear : Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe. Peter Godwin is a journalist who has two previous memoirs on his life in Zimbabwe: A White Boy in Africa and When a Crocodile Eats the Sun...both excellent. This newest book is another indictment of Mugabe. He really has to go.
Also in today's NYT is a review of Peter Godwin's new book The Fear : Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe. Peter Godwin is a journalist who has two previous memoirs on his life in Zimbabwe: A White Boy in Africa and When a Crocodile Eats the Sun...both excellent. This newest book is another indictment of Mugabe. He really has to go.
