http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/03/17/shame-games.aspxFor three decades now the U.S. Department of State each year has issued a report on the human rights practices of other countries throughout the world. It does so to comply with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 , §§ 116(d), 502B(b); that is, at theenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)