Iraq's Unspeakable Crime: Mother's Pimping Daughters

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Iraq’s Unspeakable Crime: Mothers Pimping Daughters  (TIME Magazine)

The US State Department reports that Iraqi leaders are not combating human trafficking. According to one insider trying to break up the trafficking rings: “The buying and selling of girls in Iraq, it’s like the trade in cattle. … I’ve seen mothers haggle with agents over the price of their daughters.”

 

North Korea: Endless Nuclear Drama (Foreign Policy)

Foreign Policy writer argues for a more ‘comprehensive approach’ to engage North Korea – including a peace treaty, normalization of political relations, and an economic boost. Given the North’s lack of cooperation and consistency, this agenda seems optimistic, but options for real progress are few.

 

Long Legs of the Crash: 13 Unexpected Consequences of the Financial Crisis

Predicitons include: more government corruption, longer skirts for ladies, we get hip to piggy banks and state schools, some surge in both military and missionaries, economic protectionism makes a comeback, and boomers grasp their desks, refusing to leave.

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