AIDS in Africa

Normally I would caution folks to leave stuff like this to Kristof, but Brooks actually does a pretty good job of showing what can be done with a little investment into the sub-Saharan AIDS crisis.

Unfortunately, he misses one big point: Bush still isn't putting his money where his money is.

Dubya continues to underfund or reduce contributions, and drops dimes in the charity box when he should be dropping dollars. This is very similar to his initial reaction to the tsunami, but unlike that event the media isn't holding his feet to the fire on it.