April 17, 2008

World, Upside Down

Four million people have been displaced in Iraq, as many as a hundred and fifty thousand have been killed, food prices are causing riots around the world, the economy is in the can, crude oil is at $115 a barrel, and what do talking heads want to know? Why Obama doesn't wear a flag pin on his lapel.

posted by Laila Lalami at 12:00 AM