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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Benazir Bhutto

I don’t know if Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) would have succeeded in establishing an enduring democracy in Pakistan. Perhaps not, if history is any guide. It is hard to trust the instincts, and indeed the judgment of someone who compares Asif Zardari (and his eight years of incarceration) to Nelson Mandela’s ordeals.
Yet, we must recognize that [...]

Tatiana

Four year old Tatiana, weighing 350 pounds, got out of her pen (crossing a 15 feet moat and a 20 feet high wall), mauled a bunch of people, (killing one young man and injuring two others) and was found sitting next to one of its victims at the Terrace Cafe at the San Francisco [...]