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03.31.09
Privacy? Good Idea!

The London Times, anticipating Barack Obama's visit to Europe, writes:

The White House was rocked yesterday by claims that the daughter of Joe Biden, the Vice-President, was shown on video snorting cocaine.

The video purports to show Ashley Biden, 27, snorting lines of white powder at a house party in her home state of Delaware.

03.26.09
Arrested development: the West pours billions into backward countries to encourage economic development. Can it work? I fear not.

I live in Mexico and travel a lot in the developing world, most of which isn't. I ask myself why not. Inevitably I conclude that a country's progress depends on its human capital. Most countries just don't have enough. They will adopt the portable forms of Western technology--cellphones, video Publication: The American Conservative

03.26.09
US Prepares to Target and Combat Mexican Drug Cartels

Yesterday the US Department of Justice outlined the increased efforts and reallocation of federal law enforcement personnel to combat Mexican drug cartels in the United States and to help Mexican law enforcement battle cartels in their own country. Reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police reveal that a crisis condition exists at the US-Mexico border, [...]