Nazareth

Civilization in Decline

Sweden's couple in Kinda Municipality had just been denied generous welfare benefits because they object to the government's work requirements. The husband wanted the payments even though, he wrote, "Conventional work is out of the question for me, both in terms of my conscience and on an intellectual level, as it seems objectionable with regard to both my personal well-being and the well-being of society as a whole. Emotionally, too, (conventional work) creates unbearable pain and dejection."
As a 27-year-old woman laid dying from a stab wound incurred at a Wichita, Kansas, convenience store, at least five customers stepped over her to enter the store, including one who stopped to photograph her on a cell phone camera.
NHL player Derek Boogaard, an "enforcer" known for his willingness to brawl, opened the Derek and Aaron Boogaard Fighting Camp in Regina, Saskatchewan, to train teenage hockey players in that highly essential skill.