Religious fanatics and mob kill academic work and freedom at the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda / India. Police and University Officials Collaborate
Tomgram: The Nearly Two Million Dollar Gap
In New York and Jalalabad, Human Life Is Valued Differently -- by the U.S. Government
By Tom Engelhardt, May 13, 2007
What value has a human life?
We usually think of this in terms of sentiment -- of memories, grief, love, longing, of everything, in short, that is too deep and valuable to put a price upon. Then again, is anything in our world truly priceless?