Milwaukee Buzz - Oct. 7, 2007
Indiana Jones and the temple of kaboom
As a middle-schooler, I wanted to be Indiana Jones. I was always digging holes in the backyard, hoping to find the long-lost trinkets.
Tags: Indiana Jones, Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Pentagon, Afganistan

Living - March 6, 2009
Gates Reverses Coffin Ban
          Without fanfare, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has reversed policy regarding photographing coffins bearing bodies of military personnel killed overseas. On the eve of the invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration banned such photography a...
Tags: Living, Nation, Foreign Policy, War, Pentagon, Iraq, Afghanistan

Politics - March 4, 2009
Blackwater Banned by Iraq and U.S.
            The government of Iraq has just announced that the private security firm Blackwater will be banned from that country.  The U.S. State Department has also declined to continue to employ the firm in that country.  &...
Tags: Blackwater, Foreign Policy, Politics, Defense, Pentagon, State Department, Iraq