Oh, The Company We Keep.

It's hard for me to focus on much else besides the Middle East (and work of course) what with wall-to-wall coverage on CNN of the crisis in Israel and Lebanon (not to mention the deterioration in Iraq).

But, early this morning I came across this quote in the June 26th issue of Newsweek:

"Last year four countries accounted for nearly all the executions worldwide: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States. As my Irish grandmother used to say, you're known by the company you keep."

Columnist, Anna Quindlen on capital punishment

Why do we continue to think that killing anyone is the solution to anything?