Benazir Bhutto

Back from Birmingham, I hear of the death of this good woman, who had devoted herself to the democratization of her country under the auspices of a holy mission from Allah. Her murder brings to mind the age-old question: how can people be so inhuman? Well, of course, I don't have an answer, but I can point the reader to a lyric from the Jethro Tull song "Wondering Aloud": "...it's only the giving that makes you...what you are." I posit that one's humanity is defined the the substance and quality of that which one shares with others, so say a prayer or spend a few moments in meditation and hug a loved one--he or she may not always be here.