The World Spends $40 Billion A Year

The Equivalent Of Five Jumbo Jets' Worth Of Women Die In Labor Each Day, But The Issue Is Almost Never Covered.

It Really Is Quite Remarkable That Darfur Has Become A Household Name. I Am Gratified That's The Case.

One Of The Principles Of Journalism Is You Don't Lie. You Never Lie.

Our Nearly Century-long Experiment In Banning Marijuana Has Failed As Abysmally As Prohibition Did... In Contrast, Legalizing And Taxing Marijuana Would Bring In Substantial Sums That Could Be Used To Pay For Schools, Libraries Or Early Childhood Education.

You Could Perhaps Better Tell The Story Of A Place By Writing Of A Tiny Village As A Sort Of Prism Into The Bigger Issues The Culture Was Facing. It Struck Me As A Better Way To Learn About A Place, Or At Least A Different Way, Than Just Going To Interview The President. So I Have Often Tried To Tell The Story Of A Place Through People There. But I'm Just Amazed.