Silent Dom

Silent Dom

When he didn't respond to a phone message or two back in the fall, I didn't think much of it. After all, I knew he was focused on getting a new job, his dream job, and that was probably taking up all of his time and energy.By January, he'd landed the job....

Between the Lines: The New Homesickness

Late last year, Australia suffered through its worst dry spell in a millennium. The outback turned into a dust bowl, crops died off at fantastic rates, cities had to ration water, coral reefs died off, and the agricultural base evaporated. But what really intrigued...

What do you think?

It Takes More Than A VillageMark Roessler and the Valley Advocate deserve thanks for this series on Hospital Hill. But I also agree with Professor Platt's response that Village Hill would not be a village. It was a "Village" for marketing. What is more...

The World This Week: All Aboard

Christopher Hitchens was voluntarily waterboarded recently. No, this wasn't an episode of Circus of the Neocons. As a fan of the Iraq carnage and supporter of all violations of the Constitution and international law falling under the Global War on Terror umbrella,...

Imperium Watch: Making It Here

"Mr. Blair, we still make things." That's what German Chancellor Angela Merkel said when Tony Blair, then British prime minister, asked her how Germany was managing to pull out record trade surpluses. "We still make things:" it was a quip the...