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On Alienating the Neighbors

Animal Person

Because she was very busy with finals, she left Izzy with her parents, who had never had a dog in their lives (she said it was a cultural thing--they're from Haiti and don't have the same relationship with dogs as we do in the United States, and having been to Haiti I know what she's talking about). Any advice?

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We Interrupt Regularly Scheduled.

Animal Person

Haiti and Honduras have always set the bottom line for minimum wages. Romeo Vasquez, who led it, is an alumnus of the United States' School of the Americas (renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics.

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