BY JULIE DAHLGARD — On Friday, March 23, Staff Sergeant Robert Bales was charged with 17 counts of murder. The former stockbroker was inspired to join the military after the attacks of September 11, 2001. On March 11, Bales allegedly left his Kandahar province outpost and murdered 17 Afghan citizens, including women and children. Washington Post Bales is […]
BY JULIE DAHLGARD — Forty years ago, President Richard Nixon arrived in China. Foreign correspondent, John F. Burns, remembers the moment Nixon alighted in Peking, now Beijing. “Plain as could be, inscribed on a large posterboard at the rim of the airport apron that overlooked the cockpit of Air Force One, picked up by the […]
BY JULIE DAHLGARD — North Korea lost its leader, Kim Jong-il two weeks ago. Contrary to what the Wizard of Oz taught, the death of a ruler is not met with song, but with secrecy and questioned mourning. Even an image of the funeral procession was altered before release. Most news sources immediately reported Kim […]
BY JULIE DAHLGARD — Like Rent brings La bohème into the twentieth century, the Occupy movement brings Les Misérables into the twenty-first century. The first scene of this new musical would open with thousands of people joining the young protagonist, Jean Valjean in a New York park to protest a world where the rich get […]
