Tuesday, March 9

Obama and The Fifth Man: “Was man tut, sagt man nicht”

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"We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama -- $60.7 million to be exact -- and we’re proud of it." -- Andy Stern, president, 2.2 mi...
Monday, March 8

Turkey rocked by 6.0 quake. Is this part of a pattern or just another day at Earth's office?

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The quake struck at 4:30 this morning, local time, in Elazig province in eastern Turkey. Six villages were hit hard; the death toll is 57 ...

Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, and the three little words

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Mark Safranski's essay The Rule of Law is a five-paragraph crash course on the technical meaning of the rule of law. The history lesson...
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Sunday, March 7

Haiti disaster relief: Despite massive donations, efforts of UN and other agencies fall disturbingly short

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"Down with NGO thieves" -- Graffiti on a wall in Port au Prince March 3, 2010 (IRIN) PORT-AU-PRINCE. Thirteen dead. Submerged hous...

Australia: Record rains of "Biblical proportions" end Brisbane's ten-year drought as mini-cyclone unleashes chaos on Melbourne. (UPDATE 3:10 AM ET)

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Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Wasyl Drosdowsky said the hail that hit in one suburban area was up to 10 centimetres (four inches) in diam...
Tuesday, March 2

Uganda Landslides Disaster: "By far the most serious incident in recent times." Say, might Cafédirect lend a hand?

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March 2, Missionary International Service News Agency ( MISNA ): At least 50 people were killed and some 320 are missing after a landslide b...

France hit by double whammy of Cyclone Xynthia and government unreadiness for flooding in Vendee and Charente-Maritime regions

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"We need to ask how, in France, in the 21st century, families can be surprised in their sleep, die drowned in their home." - Fren...

Fears of Pinochet's ghost slow Chilean government's response to earthquake, setting off spiraling crises; echoes of Hurricane Katrina disaster

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7:50 AM ET UPDATE Ah! I see Chile's government is using the little gray cells. Better late than never. The Beeb reports today: "In...
Monday, March 1

Chile's earthquake: Signs and portents for humankind

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"The authorities acknowledged that the damage was spread over such a vast area that they were just beginning to get a grasp on it....