[Editor's note: I've previously written about AYJ, and you can find that post here.]

The Unity conference has rejected an application by the Association of Young Journalists to hold what group co-founder Chris Frates described as a “panel on race and youth and how reporters cover the issue.”

Pundits all around have devoured the red meat of John Kerry’s alleged remark that foreign leaders wish him victory in November. In light of that, I found this post at World Press Review interesting. It lists excerpts from a small handful of editorials from Mexico City to Milan to Budapest. Flattery is scant, but it shows that critical thinking does go on outside U.S. borders (despite what some may think). It also hints at the influence of U.S. politics in the lives of people across the globe.

A caveat: Most of the items are dated mid-February. Still, I found it interesting to peer into the non-American mind.

For what it’s worth, the Iowa-based Stanley Foundation, which runds WPR, describes itself as a globalist organization. It has a multilateral bent.