Sunday, March 20, 2005

Iraq Update  WT.  For all the anecdotal stories of progress, the systemic problems furthered by the efforts of global guerrillas are still driving the trends.   Two years after the war began, Iraq's infrastructure, destroyed by decades of neglect and war, remains near collapse. Its electricity output remains below prewar levels. Its pockmarked roads are plagued by bandits... The trying times also have unleashed an ugly new sectarianism. 7:51:07 AM    Comment_ Trackback []

NYT.  This just blew me away: With close to 5,000 inmates in the prison system, Sweden's 43 medium-security prisons and 4 maximum-security prisons are operating at capacity. 5,000 inmates?  In a nation of 9 million people?  Wow.  If you scale that for the US, we would have 150,000 inmates in prison.  Instead, we have 10x more than that. 7:17:09 AM    Comment_ Trackback []

I sympathize with Dave but carpetbaggers are a fact of life. 7:07:40 AM    Comment_ Trackback []