Now this is just crazy. Newark is celebrating its first murder-free month in 44 years. Yeah, you read that right. 44.  Way to go. –Daniel Strauss

As everyone has probably heard, the Russian metro was bombed several times earlier this week, probably by Chechen rebels. Chechnya is a culturally distinct and predominantly Muslim region within southern Russia that sought independence from the larger Russian Federation after the breakup of the Soviet Union. This is only the latest attack by the Chechens, [...]