The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month.

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

If President Bush is serious about genocide, an immediate priority is to stop the cancer of Darfur from spreading further, which means working with France to shore up Chad and the Central African Republic.

Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition.

I was the first blogger on the Times's website. That happened during the Iraq war, when I wanted an outlet for the things I was seeing every day that couldn't fit into just two columns a week. Then I became interested in using multimedia, specifically as a way to engage young people.