Archive for December, 2007
Bhutto’s assassination leaves Pakistan in turmoil, sparking widespread riots
It’s hard to tell when all the news will come to light regarding the details of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday. Certainly, from the standpoint of someone who has only secondary access to the horrible events, I (most of us, really) am in no position to analyze what happened, who was involved, what the future holds, etc. If you’ve turned on a television today, you’ll know that many other people more qualified than most of us have been doing that all day.Read more on Bhutto’s assassination leaves Pakistan in turmoil, sparking widespread riots…
Of zoos and tigers — we must remember that these are wild animals
Over the years, I’ve read all sorts of bizarre stories of people jumping into zoo pens/cages/whatever to be with the animals. Not long ago, I think I read of someone dropping into a pen with polar bears, or perhaps it was just black bears (JUST black bears??), or something.Read more on Of zoos and tigers — we must remember that these are wild animals…
‘Tis the season to be less than jolly about a lot of the day’s news
It doesn’t take long for holiday cheer to turn into sadness, does it? Looking around the Internet and watching TV news today, I’ve seen a litany of violence and horror following yesterday’s Christmas joy: an escaped tiger at a zoo in San Francisco killed someone, a terrible plane crash took the pilot and a father and his young teen daughter, and I just saw a story from Washington state regarding three generations of a family found dead in their rural home.Read more on ‘Tis the season to be less than jolly about a lot of the day’s news…
