The World Bank said that surging food prices have pushed an extra 44 million people worldwide into extreme poverty, which can often be a precursor to malnutrition. The number of undernourished people could rise to more than 1 billion this year. Who’da thunk it? Poverty and malnutrition go together? And just this morning I saw…
Monthly Archives: February 2011
END OF THE SARAH ERA
The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) took place in Washington, DC. Among other things, the event allows Republican activists to assess their putative presidential candidates. Ron Paul, a congressman and darling of the libertarian right, won a straw poll for the second consecutive year. Mitt Romney, considered an early front-runner for the nomination, came…
TINDERBOX GARBAGE
According to the venerable ECONOMIST: “The toppling of Mr Mubarak inspired political upheavals in several other Middle Eastern countries. In Yemen the government tried to stem unrest by deploying thousands of extra policemen; security forces in Algeria and Libya clashed with demonstrators; and police broke up a democracy camp in Bahrain’s capital, killing several people.…
Top Stories
- Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City area
- Videos of tornado and close ups of destruction
- Tornado leaves att least 37 dead, 'horrific' damage
- Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies at 74
- Why an 87-year-old took on Donald Trump? 'Someone had to'
- Senators want fingerprint checks at airports
- Rare fox makes comeback on Calif. island
- Wave of attacks kills dozens in Iraq
- 'Downright chilling' targeting of Fox News reporter
- Five die in van crash along Illinois highway