Four men allegedly gang-raped an eighteen-year-old Pakistani girl to punish her family. Why? Because her younger brother had an affair with a woman, considered to be higher caste, from another tribe. Local police stood by and did nothing. cnn.com has the story.

In Mexico, a student tries to use a subway pass he found on the floor of the terminal, because he doesn't have twenty cents for the fare. He spends two months in jail, before paying an exorbitant fine to get out. In other news, in Mexico, a man steals forty-five million dollars. He doesn't go to jail. Can you spell C - O - R - R- U - P - T - I - O - N ? Story at msnbc.com.

The city that I live in (population 184,256) has just recorded the twenty-ninth homicide of 2002. A wife and mother of five was shot multiple times as she sat in her car outside the family home. Her husband is being held without bond in the local lock-up. Sad.

I have been fascinated by Nietzsche, ever since I read in Durant (The Story of Philosophy), "His inexpungable merits dwarf all criticism." The online edition of "The New Statesman" has an article about Nietzsche, which includes a review of two books about him.