From Foreign Policy (via Marginal Revolution):

In fact, the last decade has seen fewer war deaths than any decade in the past 100 years, based on data compiled by researchers Bethany Lacina and Nils Petter Gleditsch of the Peace Research Institute Oslo.

If the world feels like a more violent place than it actually is, that's because there's more information about wars -- not more wars themselves. Once-remote battles and war crimes now regularly make it onto our TV and computer screens, and in more or less real time.

Ignorance is bliss. #entertainment

Every time we go to a nationality-centric restaurant, Wendy likes to point out how every culture has their own version of fried dough.  Italians have zeppolis, Mexicans have churros, Americans have funnel cake and many others.  I would posit that a culture is not sufficiently established until it develops its own fried dough treat. #food