A Friend Enlists…. October 23, 2006
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Kevin Adams, 39, of Marblehead, shown with a photo of his father in his military days, is headed for Army basic training. (Janet Knott/Globe Staff)
Older recruits fill out military
More enlistees in their 30s, 40s
By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff | October 23, 2006
Kevin Adams, 39, has a white-collar job, a girlfriend, a cat, and a home [...]
The makings of a nuclear standoff October 16, 2006
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The makings of a nuclear standoff
By James Carroll | October 16, 2006
NORTH KOREA has the bomb. That a regime led by the apparently misanthropic Kim Jong Il is now nuclear capable may undercut the mad balance of deterrence, with disastrous results. How did we come to this?
Washington bet that blustering belligerence was the way to [...]
Monsters in Our Schools October 11, 2006
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James Carroll | October 9, 2006
How are we to think of monsters?
In recent weeks, men have savagely attacked children in schools. In Colorado, one was murdered, while five were assaulted. In Pennsylvania, five were murdered, with five others left wounded. In both cases, the expressly targeted victims were girls. Pre meditation included sexual assault. Whole communities [...]
