BOYZ N THE HOOD
How to Survive in South Central South Los Angeles – or South Central, as it used to be known: Where even today the overall crime rate is 23% higher than the national average,* while at the same time average school test scores are 36% lower, over 40% of all kids don’t even complete high school; […]
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A FEW GOOD MEN
Unit – Corps – God – Country How much critical thought can the military allow its rank and file? Certainly most orders must be followed unquestioningly; otherwise ultimately the entire Armed Services would collapse. But where do you draw the line? Does it matter how well soldiers know not only their military but also their […]
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OUTBREAK
Casualties of War “In war, truth is the first casualty.” – Aischylos. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In 1989, a secret U.S. Army SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) team was called in after an Ebola outbreak among monkeys in a Reston, VA lab; a mere ten miles from Washington, D.C. They eventually determined that this particular strain wasn’t contagious […]
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