Friday, February 22, 2008  Oh, for such readers of magazines!
Came across an interesting link, which makes me wonder if Kenya
is the print journalist's idyll. "To answer this question,
outsiders must pay greater attention than they have yet to a key
factor in the unfolding crisis: Kenyan politics. Politics in
Kenya is almost the national pastime. Everyone, young and old,
has an opinion to share. Everyone who can reads at least two
newspapers a day, and can recount the detailed background behind
political headlines that stump the casual browser.Most Kenyans
will tell you that their politicians are corrupt. But at least
until this last week, they would do so with the rueful relish of
Americans who tell you their pop idols are strung out (again).
And Kenyans follow their politicians' every move with the
attention Americans reserve for celebrities, even giving them
affectionate nicknames (Raila Odinga is "hummer"; Kalonzo
Musyoka is "wiper"). When a new tabloid hit newsstands this past
year, it was quickly force