Reader NYkrinDC runs down and analyzes a handful of the many (and varied) opinions and propositions currently circulating on the prospect of "armed humanitarian intervention" in Burma.

Allsburg discusses the intra-party ressentiment plaguing the Democrats (and he throws in some anthropological speculation as well).

While many folks have come to see Sen. Jim Webb as Obama's ideal vice presidential candidate, reader freaktown challenges the assumptions behind that line of thinking.

Here's the third installment in reader ItsNeverOver's series of interviews and reports on the corruption and negligence of private contractors in Iraq.

Finally, reader NG resuscitates the ol' popular vote question, with respect to Sen. Clinton's claims of viability, while Bill Marshall says it's just plain hooey (and provides, while he's at it, further evidence of Terry McAuliffe's strained relationship with reality).