Revolution in Kiev

Sure, at the time, it's incredibly noisy, because there's so much primary source material being created, with such incredible depth and nuance. Once people start to be able to assemble a comprehensive understanding of what actually went down, however, it tends more accurately to reflect the reality of events, and makes it much harder for spin and propaganda to dictate the narrative. That's, I think, the ultimate goal of democratizing media.

But I'm also notoriously an optimist about this kind of thing, so, you know: cup of salt, please take with.

Irrespective of the violence and damage taking place, that there is no collateral means that we can't detract from the focus of the issue.

This situation is really frightening to me. I so hope that the Ukraine can get out from underneath her oppressors (yes I mean Yanukovitch and Putin) without descending any further into chaos.