Tuesday morning roundup

Elephant poaching in Africa is getting increasingly out-of-control, managed by organized crime and fueled largely by demand from China.

Syrian children are internalizing the nation's growing ethnic hatreds.

Refusing to negotiate with terrorists can be the right thing to do, unless the refusal policy effectively marginalizes the moderates you can, should actually negotiate with.

Can landscaping design curb crime?

"The Good Girls Revolt" has a new book out to document it.

There's still plenty of advantages to choosing organic foods. I'm surprised the article didn't talk about the environmental differences, such as fertilizer runoff.