Wednesday morning roundup

The Times, too, takes a look at agriculture in Africa, from a very different perspective on investment.

Mr. Gingrich's view of the unemployed is so insightful--I don't know why I never thought of unemployed people as those who get paid for doing nothing.

That's over half a million disenfranchised.

I must have missed these guys yesterday--I remember running to catch the train, so I must have run right past them. They probably would have checked my handbag, given its roominess. I would have been just as annoyed as one of the people interviewed, had they caused me to miss my train.

Amazing how little sentimental things will just push us over the edge, to tears.