...than curse the darkness

I recently included a list of really flawed articles on Ukraine on Orange Ukraine. But I also asserted that the cranks producing them are a small minority. Just to give some balance, I'm going to give you a list of my top favorites, which I may add to, as I've forgotten some of the articles I really appreciated that were a little older: (please note that a couple of the folks on this list are from the Guardian. I've really disliked some of the trash they've run in their paper, a couple of articles of which were in my recent "Hey Cranky!" entry. They have good stuff, too.)

Great Articles:

National Review, Editorial: Color Us Orange - 6 Nov

Guardian, Timothy Garton Ash: The country called me - 9 Dec

Washington Post, Antonovych: From a Dream to the Streets of Kyiv - 5 Dec

Guardian, James Meek: Divided they stand - 10 Dec

Some solid additional articles:

Eurasian Monitor, Kuzio: Poland Plays a Strategic Role in Orange Revolution - 10 Dec

Eurasian Monitor, Kuzio: Pro-Kuchma Camp Continues to Disintegrate - 8 Dec

Washington Post, Holbrooke: From Tent City to Nato - 14 Dec

LA Times, Holley: Opposition in Ukraine Ready to Go Home But Not Let Down Its Guard - 10 Dec

And A couple meaty paw slapdowns on cranks:

Washington Post, Ann Appelbaum: The Freedom Haters - 1 Dec

Guardian, Timothy Garton Ash: Bitter lemons - 2 Dec