In this video from the Guardian, we see the story of Surma, who lost her son to an easily preventable disease. Parmesh died of diarrhea, but it is not an isolated case. The deaths of children in India’s slums have doubled in recent years.

Sad.

Odetta, the singer whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.

Very sad. I sure hope I’ll have future chances to use my arsenal of Fred & Geri pics.

“Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last year.