September 28, 2003 |
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There’s little doubt that war profiteers have been with us as long as war itself. Likewise, there’s little doubt that those same profiteers have never been shy about exploiting their political connections. In the past however, those who would partake of such morally questionable activities at least had the decency to conduct their business in the back rooms of power, far from the public view.
September 26, 2003 |
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To return to the “you broke it, you bought it” argument, we’re on track to spend something on the order of $142 billion to destroy a country and then another $75 billion to put it back together. That’s an awful lot of money for a country with 12.1% of its citizens living in poverty.
September 22, 2003 |
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If nothing else, these occasional bouts with Nature’s finest are an important reminder that our bodies are not our own and that all cannot be controlled by technology or force of will.
September 15, 2003 |
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A hundred one degree fever, unrelenting body aches, and a throat so sore that I’m not entirely sure if I’m chewing ice or gargling glass.
September 11, 2003 |
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The crashing airplanes, the flying bodies, these are the images of action, decision, control. Photographs of the doomed however, they are the images of terrorism: vulnerability, fear, confusion. They are however, also the images of humanity, capturing as they do the capacity for hope.
September 06, 2003 |
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In his book, High Noon: 20 global issues, 20 years to solve them, J.F. Rischard outlines the planet’s most pressing problems and why current governmental structures are incapable of solving them.
