So, I was reading some interesting stories over breakfast this morning and I thought I would share. Here’s a funny story about how modern technology makes stealing a phone a hazard (if you aren’t tech savvy):

Ashlee Hutchens, 18, stopped to reorient herself while driving through an unfamiliar Cincinnati neighborhood this fall. A young man swaggered over. First he tried to hit on her. When Ashlee, who is deaf, didn’t respond, he stole her cellphone.
Police said recovery was unlikely, so Ashlee’s mom, Christine, took her to buy another Sidekick. A few points and clicks later, and the clever new device imported the old phone’s memory. Including a tough-guy self-portrait of . . .
“She said, ‘Mom, that’s him!’ ” remembers Christine. “He’s even wearing the same shirt!”
The unintentional mug shot made its way onto the local Crime Stoppers broadcast. Soon cops had a suspect in custody.

Here’s a story of the attempts by couples in India to marry outside their caste. Such attempts sometimes end in honor killings by the parents or by the violence of villagers. These barriers between castes in this society are pretty hard to breakdown:

Despite India’s egalitarian veneer, there remains an invisible separation between the country’s upper and lower castes that lasts from birth to death. Meals are rarely shared between Brahmins and Dalits, the top and bottom brackets of the caste system, which also includes a constellation of in-between castes. Restaurants are often self-segregated along caste lines. Some Hindu temples are off-limits to certain lower castes. Even among minority Christians — presumably a casteless religion — some graveyards are stratified by caste.

Even the death of Christ, his resurrection and ascension and the knowledge that those who have died are united together in heaven doesn’t stop them from continuing to put up a barrier between the body of Christ (the members of the church). They continue to separate what God has united and will one day have to answer for that.
But I guess we find ways to do this no matter what society we’re from and who we want to pick on.

Here’s a story of a riot that took place in China. You don’t get to see too many pictures of how the state deals with their citizens. And here’s the story of the Tibetans attempts to deal with China . Here’s another take.
And here’s a fascinating story of the evolving relationship between Hillary Clinton and Obama. I’m not sure I buy it but it was an interesting read.