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Near Perfect Army Times Graphics for Military Deaths
Army Times has assembled an assortment of graphics portraying 3,000 US military casualties in Iraq. Starting with a map of the United States, it shows what parts of the country have felt the losses most acutely. There are also graphics for age, race, service, cause of death, the regions where they died in Iraq and other breakouts. The states with [...]
courage
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Fan Mail (I Would Prefer Money)
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Condinistas on the March for 2008?
BBC's painted her this way: Ms Rice has now become the smiling face of American diplomacy.....She is the stylish pin-up of the Republican Party and the poster child of African-American success. BBC's Washington correspondent Jonathan Beale is not alone in the glowing prediction that Condie Rise, US Secretary of State, will be drafted by the [...]
Iraq Wounded Fight for Insurance Coverage
CBS Evening News and ABC Nightline are both working stories about wounded civilian contractors fighting for insurance coverage from their employers. It's a very rich story. The Pentagon's privatizing of military support services may or may not save money, it may or may not be more efficient, but it does privatize the human toll of war. And [...]
CPA Reunion
The reunion had its moments and all the players were there mingling about freely on the top floor of a renovated office building near the White House. Paul Bremer strolled about happily in his desert boots, Sharri Krahm air kissed her old friends and stranger, Lawrence Peter told me my work on Iraq contractors was worthless because I have never [...]
View to a Freak Show
ABC's domestic quarrel and verbal fisticuffs pit Barbara Walters and Star Jones Reynolds in the headlines. The news coverage of Star Jones leaving The View after nine years may be more amusing than the program ever was, but I'm no judge. I catch it only when a cold or the flu keeps me home. The nauseating gab just makes me sicker. Debbie [...]
The Rise and Fall of the South
Newt Gingrich's last novelistic foray left panting readers with an alternate view of history by posing the question: What if the south won the battle of Gettysburg? The obvious answer is, well, then the south would have won the American Civil War. It's all about states rights of course. Undoubtedly, Newt also posed an alternative way to abolish [...]
Prematurely Young
Michael Eisner, former head of Disney and ABC, has a new business -- selling baby products: Eisner says he will partner with Scheinman to maximize the national presence and entertainment appeal of the Team Baby brand. Team Baby began operations in January 2005 with a single 35-minute "Baby Longhorn" DVD. Seven months later, the company had 13 [...]
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