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U.S. drones come home to roost
24. March 2013
The pushback against drone strikes on presumed enemies of the United States is to be encouraged considering the inherent legal, moral, and even strategic questions involved in remote-controlled killing within nation states not officially at war with this country.
Continue reading...Compact Complications
24. March 2013
Water Wars between Texas and New Mexico Are Nothing New—But the Times Are Changing
Continue reading...Shaping My Words
24. March 2013
We have reached a moment in human evolution that foretells an uncertain future at best, and a future that in palpable ways is already here. It is a future that shows its voracious fangs and seems to mock our attempts to pursue a course that favors a culture of life over one of death.
Continue reading...Kirtland Spill: Get Serious
21. March 2013
With the Kirtland Air Force Base jet fuel spill now estimated at 24 million gallons, it’s time for New Mexico’s U.S. Senators to get serious about cleaning it up. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich need to come to Albuquerque, hold formal hearings with their power of subpoena, and require all associated parties to testify under oath about how such a calamity could happen, and what can be done to make that massive amount of polluted water drinkable again.
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25. March 2013
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