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POPSUS slipping in "human index" Living in SC, and doing art residencies in the schools across the state, I see the differences between "richer" and "poorer" areas first hand. They are stark, and SC has no areas that would even equal many of the more economically powerful states.
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POPSThe War Comes Home Simultaneously incredibly sad and wonderfully uplifting. The way the community pulled together is wonderful.
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POPSYes We Will Have No Bananas Amazing the way oil, the rain forest, shipping, and marketing developed and then may lose the banana market... not to mention Mother Nature's assistance/interference.
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POPSMother's song for her soldier son Get the tissues out..... this will get your heart strings going. There is a link to the video with the mother singing the song on the wegsite, and a slide show to go with it.
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POPSDying with Grace If you have not heard/viewed his speech, I cannot recommend it enough. Wonderful man. Will be sorely missed.
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POPSAfghanistan - the view from a Carrier In all the uproar over civilian casualties, the folks fussing need to look at the reality that the Taliban are deliberately inserting themselves into civilian areas; and they need to look at the extremely low level of civilian casualties in comparison with other wars around the world. There is now a near surgical precision. Just view some original WWII footage if you question that!
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POPSAnthropology and Modern Warfare Another in a series of articles and op ed pieces on the use of Anthropologists in modern warfare, both pro and con. Interesting possibilities. Understanding each other better is certainly a worthy goal; whether this is the best way to accomplish this I am still undecided on.
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POPSIncredible paper cut art Peter Callesen is an incredible artist who does work cut out of individual pieces of paper. The web site is well worth browsing!