Benazir Bhutto killed in Pakistan

If you’re wondering who did it and why – read this from the BBC.   
Here is an excellent first hand account from a news photographer, John Moore of Getty Images, who was there when the suicide bomber attacked.
As we’ve discussed this year, Pakistan is a very dangerous place right now – for Pakistanis and the rest of [...]

The Missouri Compromise

This time the argument is settled peacefully, but the nation’s bitter disagreement over slavery continued to fester….

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Prediction

UPDATE: my team is being embarrassed 31-13 at the moment – and for some reason they are talking trash while losing this badly.  This game looks like it’s about to turn into a street fight.
Steelers are showing signs of life on this drive.  3:00 to go in the 3Q.
3rd and goal on the 1 yard [...]

P-I-T-T…Let’s go PITT!

My alma mater, the unranked Pittsburgh Panthers, broke the hearts of West Virginia University fans last night.  WVU, who only had to win (at home, as a 28 point favorite), to make the national championship game, CHOKED and lost to a very mediocre Pitt team.  This was the 100th time these two teams have met [...]

A Worldwide Epidemic

 
What is your country doing to fight the spread of HIV?  In the United States, President Bush wants  Congress to double funding for HIV prevention programs, although critics complain the President wants one-third of that money to go to abstinence education.
What is the best way to prevent the spread of HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)?  [...]