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If we have learned anything from the shocking images of brutality in Burma it is that our right to publicly disagree with our leadership is an extremely precious one, a privilege that we too often take for granted. We must exercise is responsibly lest it lose its power.
Confident, independent, eager to try new activities, and filled with the spirit of fun, she launched herself into life at Concord with enthusiasm. As a student, she was exceptionally thoughtful and intelligent, quick to pick up academic challenges in class and explore new ideas. As a writer, she learned to...
Theoretically, it's a great idea, albeit an expensive one ($25 million including all of the pre-exercise planning and post-exercise analysis that takes place over a two-year period). The most important thing you can do before a disaster is establish relationships among the people who will matter...
But as we also learned from Katrina, which was preceded a year before by a comprehensive simulation dubbed Hurricane Pam, drills don't always translate into progress. If they're going to work, they have to be realistic - and therein lies the problem with TOPOFF. Guess who won't be...
Granted, you can potentially come as a volunteer "victim," if you don't have a criminal record, and I can cover the press conferences at which officials will congratulate themselves on lessons learned. But while everyone else plays him- or herself in the simulation, the media and the public are...