as when they had killed almost 3,000 civilians in Hue, a month before My Lai. Our widely publicized “war crimes” were aberrations of policy, deservedly condemned but undeservedly elevated to symbolic events. Tom had written that to his father, in 1969. ...
Tim Pool reported how facts were invented and published on wikipedia. They were then published in mainstream media. And when it was removed from wikipedia to correct it, it was falsely put back, because some mainstream media reported on it. ...
–Trump Tower was built usingundocumented Polish laborersto demolish the building that previously stood on the site. At trial, the workers testified they worked without basic safety equipment like hardhats and gloves and they were supposed to earn $5 an hour from Trump’s low-bid contractor. Tr...
It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban(禁令)on all anti-personnel landmines.Within hours of arriving in Angola television screens around the world were filled with images of her...
And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents’ savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted ...
The government has long felt that something should be done to lessen this means of spreading disease, and a machine has finally been invented that will wash and iron the dirtiest bills until they look almost as fresh as new ones. The entire cost of operating the device is ...
war of pamphlets developed, the noise and vehemence of which were destined to add, if possible, to the embarrassment and pain of those members of the order who still remained in Bavaria. Once more the suspicions of the government were aroused; a search was made by the police for further ...
Margaret and Charity have been friends since childhood, both from poor families, until one day Margaret’s father invented something that elevated their status exponentially. But Margaret and Charity continued their friendship, telling each other everything. Except Margaret’s plans for the future…she...
Anyway,it seemed that the girl had told many of her friends,and now they were all at me.They found a great to think of all the other supposed“crimes”I'd committed over the past year. they'd all really liked me before, suddenly they I was a really bad guy.This was a difficult ...
soliciting job applications. Other firms solicited, and hired blacks. This firm recruited, and remained lily white. Plus, the firm was in Memphis, and the top blacks wanted New York or Washington or Chicago. McDeere was a male, and there were no women in the firm. That mistake had been...