THE BLACK STAKE IN DAVOS
Back in the 1990s, there was a rather cute toon by the name of “Pinky and the Brain”. Pinky was the dumb rodent; the Brain was super smart. The running tag (or gag) line for the series floated this way: “Gee Brain, what do you want to do tonight?” “The same every night, Pinky…try to take over the world!”
I thought of that toon while watching an interesting gathering earlier in 2023. In case you may have tuned in late, another annual edition of the Davos sh

Cyntoia Brown was just 16 years old when she was picked up by a 43-year-old man who ended up dead by her hand. In 2006, she was convicted for murder – as an adult – and sentenced to life in prison.