I really liked this explanation of death and life force by a Zen Master. On the topic of death, this news is old, but I really liked Jimmy Kemmel talking about Cecil the Lion.
Quite saddening to read about lion farms in South Africa on which lions are raised with the sole purpose of being hunted later on in their lives.
A lot of meat eating people (like me) are unable to make sense of the sadness they feel at news of whales or lions or dogs being killed but not giving it a second thought when we eat meat ourselves. A good read for us: Why eating chicken is morally worse than killing a lion?
Last link which is semi – related — every animal that became extinct in the last hundred years.
If Foxconn does indeed setup manufacturing operations in India, it would be great news for Indian manufacturing.
The Republican debates started yesterday, and the Economist presents a good summary.