NYT April 20 - 23

Monday:Is it just me or does the paper seem to be getting smaller and smaller? Size-wise? I really feel like it was bulkier in the beginning of the year... maybe it's all in my head!! The picture on the first page is so emotionally moving. The caption is such an understatement of what is probably going on in the picture. He's running for cover, running to save his life. Also the other picture of that article in the following pages; that is so moving as well. I know I say this every post but I really can't believe the pictures that make it into newspapers - so personal. / The article about the horse in Hungray bringing back hope(?) to their country was really uplifting. It's like.. hard to describe but everyone has been there personally; thinking you've hit rock bottom but something little gives you hope. I really enjoyed it.
Tuesday: The article on the Chinese government "asking" citizens to change names so it will become easier to scan identification cards is ABSOLUTELY ridiculous! The solutions China comes to sometimes are absurd.. I think that is just... not okay! I felt the rest of the paper wasn't too interesting; that or nothing caught my eye enough.
Wednesday: Wait.. so the drug cartel goes all the way through Latin America into South America? And it's endangering indigenous tribes? Um... why is this becoming a stronger force? Why aren't they being stopped in their tracks? I guess that's the same as asking why is there corruption in this world.. I thought the housing crisis article was interesting. I've been hearing all over the news on television that the housing market is picking up but when I looked at the statistics and read this article.. it's really not going as well as everyone's said. Weird how information that huge can be skewed and interpreted differently.
Thursday: David B. Kellermann's suicide is awful. All we hear in the news these days are people taking their lives and lives of loved ones around them because they feel they have nothing left. And in this case he had too much left and too much responsibility. This recession is bringing out the worst in people. The article about 50 crossing the line, and how many lines are there to cross; um why isn't he behind bars? I swear, rap is a cult; kind of like the good 'ol boy network. They can get away with anything! And this article proves just that... unfortunately.