Some Darfur reading

Here are some of the recent posts at the Coalition for Darfur:

• Darfur: Congress Rebuffs Rice on Troop Funding
• Darfur: 1.25 Million Children Beyond Reach of Aid
• Darfur: Annan Condemns "Vicious Attack" That Killed 20
• US Warns of New Rebel Attacks Into Chad From Sudan

Please give them a read. I know this isn't the most pleasant thing to think about just days before the over-the-top lavishness of Christmas, but that's all the more reason, I think, to look beyond our consumer paradise to the suffering of people both at our own doorsteps and in faraway places that rarely receive our attention -- places like Darfur.

We should count our blessings, but we should also resolve to do more to alleviate that suffering.