| Jan 24, 2011 | Peace / SecurityFighting drugs, A lifelong job; It makes big profits For the Mob. The Afghanistan War sometimes seems interminable. It just became the longest hot war in U.S. history. Europe’s Hundred Years War remains the world record holder, but things moved slower back then....
| Dec 6, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyI have a confession to make. I hope it won’t make you think ill of me. I have never smoked marijuana, not even a puff. Not ever. Not that I didn’t have my chances. Back in 1970 I was covering the Wadena Rock Festival in Iowa (sort of Woodstock lite) when a...
| Nov 1, 2010 | Cartoon|Peace / Security
| Oct 18, 2010 | Peace / SecurityRecently, I found myself humming the Old Beatles song: “Poppy Fields Forever.” Okay, John Lennon’s lyric was not about poppies, but strawberries. However, I started humming the song because I was thinking about our country’s...
| Aug 16, 2010 | Peace / SecurityA “false positive” diagnosis causes relief when it means earlier signs of cancer were wrong. In Colombia, a “falso positivo” deepens grief, for it means the suspicion that a murdered youth belonged to the guerrilla forces was a mistake....
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