–It took the lives of many diamond diggers to refocus attention on the lax human rights enforcement, making those lives those of real martyrs–A few years ago the movie “Blood Diamonds” publicized the relationship between diamond and human rights. Since 2003 a human rights group, Global Witness, set up the Kimberley Process, whereby the mining…

–An announcement that Britney Spears will star in a concentration camp romance arouses the ire of German Jews–Britney Spears is slated to appear in “The Yellow Star of Sophia and Eton” the working title of a film about a concentration camp romance and many Germans Jews are up in arms. The Central council of Jews…

–The NYT initiated a news blackout about one of their reporter held hostage by the Taliban—A New York Times reporter has just escaped the Taliban after having been held hostage for 7 months. The NYT asked news organizations to not report on the item because they said it would endanger his safety. So for the…