HORROR IN RUSSIA: I can’t read most news reports of the atrocities committed in Beslan. I just can’t. Even small details like the one Elizabeth Marquardt mentions here make me incoherent and weepy. Here are a few links I’ve been able to get through, though:

At the Yale Free Press blog, Yevgeny Vilensky speculates on the ethnic/religious conflicts in the region of Russia where the massacre took place.

GetReligion looks at the religious aspects.

I note that I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION, but MoscowHelp is the only link I’ve seen so far for people who wish to give aid to the families and survivors.