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In Honduras, Police Accused Of Corruption, Killings
The Central American nation is the most violent country in the world, according to the United Nations. A mix of drug trafficking, political instability and history adds up to a murder rate that is now four times that of Mexico. Contributing to the volatility are the police themselves.
News Item · NPR World News · Feb 11, 2012
Global Unemployment
While there may be some truth to the old saw that “misery loves company” and the discovery that there are a billion people in the boat may be somehow weirdly comforting, you have to wonder how long the dinghy will dally on the surface before behaving more like an anchor.
News Item · BuzzFlash · Feb 10, 2012
How To Make It in the New GOP
The man who would be U.S. senator is running late. Just 15 minutes or so. Nobody’s panicking. Richard Mourdock just refused to take a taxi from Reagan National Airport, and his arrival at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) depends on the whims of the Washington Metropolitan...
News Item · Slate · Feb 11, 2012
Op-Ed Contributor: Another Trial for Shylock
Once again, William Shakespeare’s Shylock is at the center of a trial, and as always, the trial reveals more about his attackers than it does about him or his creator.
News Item · New York Times Op-Ed · Feb 11, 2012
NATO's Secret War on Syria
In January, Michel Chossudovsky reported British media confirming UK/CIA/MI6 operatives in Syria training anti-Assad Western-backed insurgents.
News Item · OpEdNews · Feb 11, 2012