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Now…What Creates the Incentives for Such Violence? The Drugs, or the Drug Laws?
BBC: “Mexico man ‘dissolved 300 bodies’” The 300 corpses were said to belong to murdered rivals of Mexican drug kingpin Teodoro Garcia Simental, who is battling for control over drug…
Um…Interesting Hypothesis….I’ll Get Back to You on That….
Pravda.Ru: Barack Obama takes office as Republicans’ scapegoat In Russian: ?????? ????? ???????? ????????? ????????
Technology to the Rescue (Combined with Good Judgement)
From the Wall Street Journal: “Backup System Helped Pilot Control Jet” Another example of the growth of wealth that most people don’t notice, or don’t consider a part of being…
Inaugural Hopes, Promises, and Red Ink
I’m in DC, so it’s a bit hard to escape the throngs of people here for the inauguration. What’s remarkable is that everyone seems so, well…friendly and nice. No exultant…
Hyperinflation Tourism
From my friend Rejoice Ngwenya in Zimbabwe: Greetings, my friends! What is it like to live [and hopefully NOT die!] in an economy whose currency denominations are calibrated in trillions?…
Freiheit Wohl Verstanden
See below for German version (and English, French, and Portuguese).
The Rarely Seen Cost of War
It is very hard to watch the clip through to the end. The television journalists are in tears. Would that the political leaders of Palestine and Israel would have to…