Children are the hardest hit by the conflict and poverty in the country.
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Archaeology Finds The Craziest Things
Text messages, multi-tasking architecture, and buried blunt.
Read More »Book Review: Otra Isla Para Miguel (Another Island For Miguel) by Henry Eric Hernandez
One of the most accurate histories of a country and its people I have ever read.
Read More »Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Punk by Brian Cogan (With Foreword by Penelope Spheeris)
Until something better comes along, this is the definitive reference guide on punk-rock.
Read More »Random Thoughts for an Inauguration Day
A few thoughts on Obama's inauguration as our nation's 44th president.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Terre Haute by Edmund White
What if Gore Vidal had interviewed Timothy McVeigh in person on death row?
Read More »Book Review: Buffalo Gal by Laura Pedersen
A fun walk down memory lane likely to be familiar to many Gen-Xers, that is also at times too smart for its own good.
Read More »Book Review: Commander of the Faithful – The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader by John W. Kiser
The biography of a 19th century Islamic jihadist reveals why he was praised as one of the "few great men" of his century.
Read More »Book Review: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
An imagined history of a real book comes to life in this beautifully written historical novel.
Read More »Book Review: Need to Know – UFOs, the Military, and Intelligence by Timothy Good
Timothy Good follows up Above Top Secret with another classic study of the UFO phenomenon.
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