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Well, I did serve in the army. But I never saw active combat duty, so I’m not sure that really counts for manliness. I do have three children, though. Even if that isn’t manliness, it proves that, at least three time in my life, I wasn?...
...effort to combat underage drinking, Cambridge is now participating in a nationwide program that places undercover law enforcement officers in retail establishments that sell alcohol...
Perhaps the most effective way to combat terrorism in this form is not through superior technology, Atran and Stern said, but through the substitution of terror-related websites with those that advocate a non-violent religious community...
That may be true--but for the nearly 20,000 U.S. troops on the ground, Afghanistan is still a war zone. Coalition forces have had their toughest year so far, with at least 51 U.S. combat deaths, including six last week. That brings the overall total since 2001 to 196 deaths and 601 wounded. The surge in violence comes at an inopportune time for the Pentagon, which wants to cut the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and turn over more of the combat burden to NATO, whose role is now limited to peacekeeping. Four days spent with Turner...
...freedom and democracy because its pervasive reach would make it impossible for repressive regimes to control free speech and the flow of information within their borders. The Chinese government has proven this to be wishful thinking. Employing much of the same information-screening and filtering technology used worldwide to combat pornography and spammers, Beijing has built a Great Firewall of China that restricts viewing of scores of foreign websites (such as those for Amnesty International and numerous news sites); the government has also deployed tens of thousands of Internet police to investigate online crimes, including political offenses. While some tech...