Face Lift, Sort Of
James Randerson, writing for NewScientist.com on Face transplants feasible – but not yet: An influential report on the ethics and feasibility of face transplants has decided on a "wait and see" approach. The UK...
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Wool – Eyes – Pull Down
Jacob G. Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation on Were the Feds Capable of Killing Kennedy? Forty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the debate over whether there was a...
Archaelogy and Anthropology Roundup
CBC News on Iceman stuck close to home: study: A 5,200-year-old iceman likely didn’t collect many stamps on his prehistoric passport. The iceman, known as Oetzi, was found frozen in a glacier near the...
Killing Soldiers With Incompetence
Ed Offley, writing for Military.com on Same Old Story – Combat Gear Comes Too Late: I wish I could be secretary of Defense for one day. I wouldn't spend the time enjoying the secretary's...
Snorting Columbia
Alvaro Vargas Llosa of The Independent Institute on Colombia — From Invincibility To Panic: The United States would do well to take heed of recent developments in Colombia that call into question its Andean...
If I Had A Rocket Launcher…
Jo Tuckman of the Houston Chronicle on Activist seeks justice for massacred Guatemalans: Indigenous activist and grieving survivor Rosalina Tuyuc kneels to tidy the flowers and candles forming an improvised altar on the ground...
Unacceptable
The New York Times on When Soldiers Go Without Paychecks: Members of the National Guard and the various military reserves joined up to be part-time civilian soldiers, called up during domestic emergencies and in...
Radicalbuttons.com
I've just added a new link to the Liberty Links section on the Favorite Links page of this website. Check out Carol Moore's Radicalbuttons.com. I own a few of these buttons myself. While you're...
Secure That Opinion Soldier!
Mike Litwin of the Rocky Mountain News on Gag order leaves troops, reporters speechless: Before the press was herded into the giant hangar in advance of George W. Bush's pep rally/photo op with the...
Back to School
I feel pretty damn good today. I've re-enrolled in school recently. Classes start on December 1st at the American Military University. I've just turned in my first assignment and couldn't get any higher without...