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The terror mail threat received by the Sri Lankan Cricket team before the Ahmedabad Test has once again brought focus on the Cyber Cafes. The mail was sent from a Cyber Café in Chattisgarh and promptly the Police have arrested the Cyber Café owner. For records, Police are happy that an arrest has been made […]
An article by Hillary Stout in the New York Times, “For Some Parents, Shouting is the New Spanking,†focuses on the damage to children done by parents’ shouting and, therefore, the need for parents to control their tempers. Although I agree that a steady diet of shouting and bullying isn’t a good way for well-meaning, […]
During my teaching career — 1963-2007 — I have watched the roles of women change radically. From “barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen” mixed with low level jobs (secretaries and such), I have seen my students and others move on into the professions, academic fields from which they were virtually banned, and a host of […]
We will be running our regular Sunday exploration into the very strange case of Haleigh Cummings. I am sure that in certain circles our interest in this case is most unwelcome. Clearly someone knows something, yet the Investigators are coming up blank at the moment. We hope that in some small way we can change […]
During the Vietnam war we would boast almost daily of the numbers of enemies we had killed — quite often vague and exaggerated figures. Now with particularly Afghanistan our reports of enemies killed are generally sotto voce. As often as not our ‘enemies’ have turned out to be a wedding party or some such hit […]
I live in a housing village on Fort Hood. On November 4th, at approximately 1:30 PM, the emergency alarms went off. I was expecting to hear that this was a test of the “Emergency Alert System.â€Â Instead, I heard, “Attention. Seek shelter immediately. Close all doors and windows. Turn off all ventilation systems. Seek shelter […]
The description of the performers included on the jazzy album I’m Glad There Is You reads something like the program for an off-Broadway musical revue. There’s an Academy Award nominee and the daughter of an Academy Award nominee, among others, along with extensive lists of previous accomplishments (musical and otherwise) for each artist. The leader […]
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