September 22, 2006

Is the Crematorium Half-Full or Half-Empty?

By CARLIN ROMANO

As fall-term courses begin in comparative literature and comparative law, three leaders — let's not dignify them by speaking of "world" leaders — look poised to join the syllabi of "comparative genocide," a less-taught but urgently needed staple on university curricula.

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, after nodding to civilized opinion by releasing Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Paul Salopek "on humanitarian grounds," has ordered his janjaweed