| Impact of elections, Support investigation, Training high-schoolers, Investigate operations, Troubled housing Posted: 12 Aug 2017 03:00 AM PDT ![Impact of elections, Support investigation, Training high-schoolers, Investigate operations, Troubled housing]( "Impact of elections, Support investigation, Training high-schoolers, Investigate operations, Troubled housing") "[W]hy do the elections in Kenya matter not just to Kenyans but to the rest of the African continent and the world?" writes Hamza Mohamed. "Nairobi is East Africa's economic hub, and the country is the second-largest economy in the region.... The port in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa serves neighboring landlocked countries.... If elections disrupt this transport corridor ... the price of everyday goods, such as rice and cooking oil, could rise significantly.... Kenya is home to several UN and humanitarian agencies that oversee relief efforts in the region.
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| Readers write: Nuclear options, heartbreaking but illuminating, adults’ guidance Posted: 12 Aug 2017 03:00 AM PDT ![Readers write: Nuclear options, heartbreaking but illuminating, adults' guidance]( "Readers write: Nuclear options, heartbreaking but illuminating, adults' guidance") Regarding the July 5 article "North Korea missile test: How big a technological breakthrough?" (CSMonitor.com): Rather than impose tougher sanctions on North Korea, perhaps the United States should undergo a complete nuclear disarmament. North Korea's efforts to become a nuclear state are their way of "keeping up with the Joneses." They want to show the world that they are just as good as everyone else. As long as the US remains a nuclear state, it should not have jurisdiction to cherry-pick those nations allowed to have nuclear weapons.
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