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Mount Sinabung is erupting, right after I have a Geography lesson about the “Ring of Fire” in which I mentioned the most remarkable area for volcanoes has been the western part of Indonesia. Now this. I think I’ll skip a discussion of major earthquakes in light of my new-found powers.

The United States’ border with Mexico hasn’t always been an area of national concern. Back in the 1920s, the US Border Patrol was created to halt bootleggers bringing illegal liquor from Canada. Now, the Border Patrol has turned its attentions to the US-Mexico border. Why did this happen?

It is the nature of many men to ignore warnings because they want to maintain the luxury of living in a way that denies truth. Rich men are not only able to pay enough to live in that way, but to hire others to share their delusions.

DISCLAIMER: This is not about my uncle Chad, who’s doing all right in California. This is about the nation Chad, which has had a very rough time in the past – and things have gotten worse there. Those who follow my Farmville photos on Facebook know that I like to cover the Great Famines of [...]

North Korea’s getting worse. That’s the short version. Deserting North Korean soldiers are telling stories about how even the army is going hungry and that officers are either stockpiling food or planning how to flee to China. Anti-government graffiti is starting to decorate statues of the Dear Leader. Russia just started maneuvers on the North [...]

Tepito Market in Mexico City is where anyone can get anything – including weapons the police have seized from criminals, then turned around and sold to weapons dealers there. When you’re being shot by your own guns, you’re losing the war.

Yes, the Deepwater Horizon spill is horrible. Let’s not lose sight of that. But there are a lot of people from other places around the world that look at our reaction to the recent disaster with a mix of irony and hope. The irony comes from the fact that stuff like this disaster happens every [...]