Famine Fables

During the first segment of the program today, I will speak with Mindy Belz - editor of WORLD Magazine re: here article entitled, "Famine Fables". In the aritlce Mindy writes...
"The famine in Somalia is not, as most major news sources would have you believe, caused by drought. Agence France-Presse had Somalians "fleeing drought." Even Mission Aviation Fellowship, a wonderful support group, said it was redirecting planes and hiring crews to work through the night to ready relief flights to the Horn of Africa, where 11 million people are facing "a hunger crisis caused by several years of severe drought."

Later in the article, she goes on to write...

"Severe drought may contribute to famine, but failed governments—and terrorist tactics—are what finally cause them. Somalia's transitional government, weakened by decades of misdirected foreign aid and failed international peacekeeping missions, has failed to counter al-Shabaab, a fierce al-Qaeda linked movement that actually controls much of the southern area outside Mogadishu, not surprisingly the areas most affected by famine."

During the second segment, I will speak with Dr. Gail Evertt from Strides Tutoring.