Genocide and the Deafening Silence

A few thoughts for the silent majority.

There are only 193 countries in the world, and I like to have some idea of what’s going on in all of them.  It inevitably surprises the cab drivers that I know the name of the capital city of the country they’re from.  I memorized them all when I was 12.  It doesn’t take much to impress most any African, Arab, or eastern European cab driver.

There are terrible things going on in many different parts of the world, and I try to keep tabs on a whole lot of it.