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Haiti, the Caribbean country with a tragic history that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, between Cuba and Puerto Rico, has become a failed state in the truest sense of the word. Government has all but collapsed. Feuding criminal gangs vie for control. The value of output, already low, is falling and […]
QUANTICO, Va. — Police deployment of sonic blasters at Occupy Wall Street and G-20 protest rallies is fueling both sales and criticism of the devices, which emit beams of sound with laser-like intensity. More U.S. police and emergency-response agencies are using the so-called Long-Range Acoustic Devices instead of megaphones or conventional loudspeakers for crowd control, […]
Religion is an important part of human civilization, shaping cultures, societies, and individuals for millennia.
By Brian Kaller I wrote a few weeks ago about the value of social capital – how it was once common for neighbours to have each other over for music and stories…
The coronavirus hit amid an explosion of research into the negative consequences of social isolation.