What the US is ignoring in Ugana, according to Helen Epstein

TODAY IN SCIENCE: Study on adolescent happiness reveals amazing results (that was sarcasm, in case you're internet-irony-tone-deaf). Your tax dollars at work, everyone.

IGNORANCE IN UGANDA: Despite the $16 billion in foreign aid from the US in the last two decades alone, abhorrence-inspiring activities continue to flourish.  Helen Epstein urges donors to "recognize that international security depends not on alliances with African bullies, but on human rights and justice."