Bob Herbert did a series of articles in the New York Times last year on Tulia, TX and the havoc caused by incompetent "lawman" Tom Coleman. An update: all the folks rounded up on trumped-up drug charges are getting a reprieve.

And, remember the stuff I posted last month on Nauru? More bad news from the South Pacific island:
new Nauru prez hit by heart attack
Nauru hit by mosquito-borne disease
US reneges on promises to Nauru
Aussies claim ignorance of US arm-twisting in Nauru