- Now we know why the TSA is such a disaster. Seriously. If you only click on one link today, make it this one. And if that isn't enough to get you riled up, read about the 8-year-old on the TSA's selectee list.
- Some smart thinking on Somalia.
- A beautiful reflection on Goma's houses built on lava.
- Pictures of non-suffering, economically stable Africans.
- The Onion News Network comes up with an economic stimulus package for the Congo. (Warning: this satire is offensive if you don't have a bitter, dry sense of humor hardened by years of witnessing suffering and despair.)
- If "Dakar Moon" doesn't put a smile on your face, you're working too hard.
- A very sad op-ed on Haiti.
- Tales from the Hood has more excellent advice on criteria on which to base your giving to organizations helping in Haiti - and advice for those who don't already have an in-country presence.
- Were Reid's comments on Obama bad politics and good sociology? Robinson thinks so.
- Yemen as a "self-canceling" state. Fascinating way of thinking about it.
- Violence is seasonal in Afghanistan, too. I've been thinking about a paper on this idea with respect to the Congo for over a year now. (Hint: it's not just the weather that drives it there.)
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