My legs may be recovered from yesterday's run but my brain doesn't appear to be so here's a short recap of newsworthy items from the past few days:
Major European cities held protests over the weekend to highlight the fourth anniversary of the conflict in Darfur. Apparently protests were also held in over 200 US cities--but I can't find a shred of coverage. The Christian Science Monitor reports on why it's hard to get a genocide charge to stick in Sudan. My short take on it: should the reason behind the death and displacement of hundreds of thousands of people be cause for inaction? Racially-motivated genocide or crime against humanity--it's not as if one option here is more understandable than the other.
Amnesty International reports that China is taking a step in the wrong direction, cracking down on dissent in the buildup to the 2008 Olympics. Good news: China has been making some progress on its human rights record under the watchful eye of international markets for some time. Bad news: China is worried about the impression of the Olympics to the watchful eye of international markets.
The ASPCA was part of a bust on a dog fighting operation in the south. This country is long overdue in ramping up animal cruelty laws and humane education. Sentences for animal cruelty need to reflect the anti-social behaviors of those who commit the abuses. First it's animals, then it's people. That's not rocket science.
Finally, three progressive organizations consider taking the US Government to court over wasteful spending on ineffective and medically-inaccurate abstinence only programs. Teens who don't get accurate sex ed don't stop having sex--they just don't protect themselves when they do. Ignorance doesn't equal 'innocence' people!
And for an amusing take on abstinence only programs, a clip from Family Guy.
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