Gun culture; Negatives of charity; Yossi Beilin; Bologna love; Remembering female victims; Rawi Hage; Boyd Lee Dunlop; Befriending Sherri; Rape of Nanking

Summary: Unchanging gun culture in the US; The dark side of charitable gift giving; prospects for peace in the Middle East; Newfoundlanders love for Balogna; A memorial to Vancouver's missing women: Rawi Hage, An essay on Friendship; Chinese massacre