Sunday roundup

I wonder whether this article, which quotes a British aristocrat saying that restrictions of fox hunting were "taking away the very essence of our liberty," would have made me less sick had I not earlier read this heartbreaking dispatch from North Korea.

South Africans continue to demonstrate a remarkable capability to leave the past in the past, and sports appear to be a great catalyst for that. All the more reason to hope that Somalis can watch and play soccer in peace.

Finally, a "Shouts and Murmurs" that had me rolling. Bonus points for mocking Tom Friedman.