
It’s Pope Frank’s World, We Just Live In It Four cartoonists are murdered by religious extremists in Paris and the Pope says there should be limits to free speech when it comes to religion. Has His Holiness even been paying attention to what’s going on? What does he do all day, anyway?

Russians Are Sleepwalking Into Chaos Russians Are Sleepwalking Into Chaos The end of the long New Year’s holiday has always been depressing in Moscow: The fireworks and good food are all finished, and the time has come to shake off the hangover and return to the real world — with its traffic jams, slush-laden roads and constant time pressures.

US loosens embargo on Cuba The Obama administration is easing US embargo against Cuba, loosening restrictions on American trade and investment.