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The Urgency of Now; The Cost of Uranium; Descartes in Pennsylvania

What is any of us willing to sacrifice for the common good?

U.S. combat drones operate outside international law.

Drone operators suffer high rates of post traumatic stress disorder.

We did not get ashes on Ash Wednesday last year. Late in the evening a few days after our three-year-old daughter’s heart surgery, I realized what day it was. We would not make it to the parish in time to receive ashes, I told my wife. With pitch-perfect insight, she turned to me. “Babe,

He let the flies land freely on his face

States Right$ Maryann Cusimano Love (“The Defense Dilemma,” 3/8) points out the incredible waste in defense programs. To her credit she allots blame not just to the military and their contractors but also to the legislators. Bureaucracies are inherently wasteful and inefficient. The Defe