I do tend to divide my childhood into darkness and light, and the first seven years were certainly the darkness.
The global phenomenon of poverty tourism - or 'poorism' - has become increasingly popular during the past few years. Tourists pay to be guided through the favelas of Brazil and the shantytowns of South Africa. The recently opened Los Angeles Gang Tour carries visitors through battle-scarred territor
The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win.

