Schools Dodge Reality, “God” quotes Jimmi Hendrix, and Brothel features Male Prostitutes

> High School rejects valedictorian’s speech as “too real”
> Boy chosen as next Dalai Lama quotes Hendrix, bails Buddhist order
> Battling recession, brothel adds men for bigger market reach
 
Inebriated Press
June 8, 2009
 
Florida’s St. Petersburg Times reported Friday that Springstead High School has rejected Jem Lugo’s valedictory graduation speech because it was “too real”.  Lugo said [...]

OP/ED: Obama blows off rule of law

And They Said Bush Was Clueless
By Christopher Chantrill
American Thinker
May 27, 2009
The President mentioned the Rule of Law in a speech last week.  At the National Archives about his policies on terrorism, he said:
From Europe to the Pacific, we’ve been the nation that has shut down torture chambers and replaced tyranny with the rule of law.
But [...]

STRATFOR: The Geography of Recession

By Peter Zeihan
STRATFOR
June 2, 2009
The global recession is the biggest development in the global system in the year to date. In the United States, it has become almost dogma that the recession is the worst since the Great Depression. But this is only one of a wealth of misperceptions about whom the downturn is hurting [...]