Graduated? Now grab a gun or some cocaine Every year only 70 out of more than 800 high school graduates in the towns of Saravena and Araquita in Colombia’s oil-rich west go on to higher education. “The rest have no…

Think you had a bad day? News from the ground in Columbia, here, and here According to Robert Young Pelton’s The World’s Most Dangerous Places, Columbia IS the world’s most dangerous place.

Vital to who? G.I.’s Enter the Colombia Fray to Protect a Vital Oil Pipeline Casting a wary eye for rebel snipers, Lt. Felipe Zúñiga and his counterinsurgency troops slog through the wet fields and patches of jungle here. Their mission…

Go back to yelling at Teletubbies, please Falwell Calls Mohammed a Terrorist. Jerry Falwell, in an interview to be broadcast Sunday on 60 Minutes, called Mohammed a “terrorist.” In a later interview… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

Gephardt’s Double-Cross Did Gephardt Double-Cross the Dems? The Washington Post says “Yes, Personal Gain is Said to Govern House Minority Leader Gephardt’s Siding With Bush on the House’s Iraq Resolution” [Blog Left: Critical Interventions]

Saudi sheik still runs Al Qaeda-linked mosque High in the misty mountains of Asir, no man could escape the rant of the “evil father” of Khamis Mushayt. White fluorescent strips illuminated the squat mosque as evening took hold. But powerful…

The Biofuture Robot Dog Contest The Biofuture Robot Dog contest is over and the winner will be announced soon!  And just what the Hell, you ask, is a Biofuture Robot Dog?  I guess you’ll just have to check it out.…