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Pew survey on how much Americans believe each job contributes to society’s well-being (click on it to enlarge).
“We're basically hollowing out the force through sequestration.”
Two Sides…
One of the confounding things about sexual assault in the military is that is some corners it is tolerated, winked at, and/or laughed about. Yet elsewhere inside the same institution, the military goes to extraordinary lengths to …
Has the United States Lost its Grand Strategic Mind?
MARINA DE CAMPO, Italy — As Esam Al-Amin explains here, Mohamad Morsi made some colossal blunders during his one year rule of Egypt as its democratically elected president.
He was elected in what most observers regard as a …
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Help Pick a New Logo for the Birthplace of Nuclear Weapons!
My, how times change.
As Democrats Bicker, Senate Stalls Again On Solving Student Loan Impasse
Students worried about the ballooning interest rates for new college loans will have to keep worrying, after the Senate failed again Wednesday to find a solution.
Swapping Bullets for Ballots
A CH-47 delivers voter-registration papers to Zabul province July 6 for next year’s Afghan elections.
70 Years Ago Yesterday: The Italian Campaign Begins
The shock of seeing World War II images in color never goes away for some of us. Cousin LIFE has posted an almost-gaudy series of images by the great photographer Carl Mydans tracing the fighting up Italy’s boot, which began 70 …
7-Eleven’s Free Slurpee Day: This Year With Bigger Slurpees!
It’s July 11, or 7/11, the day each year that a certain convenience store chain celebrates as 7-Eleven Day.
“Even if no single act of theirs can do the damage of a September 11th, 2001, smaller, more frequent attacks that can kill people, shock the country, show us how vulnerable we are, can just as well serve the goal of these jihadist groups, which is, after all to try to frighten us, to destabilize us, to make us become less confident in our system of government.”
Sequestration Swings – And Misses!
As the Pentagon weighs cuts in danger pay for some of its troops around the world in order to save money, it’s also considering spending up to $100,000…to irrigate a pair of Italian softball fields.
Apparently, the two ball
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