A Grief Like No Other Nearly a half million Americans have been murdered in the past two decades alone -- and we are by now accustomed, perhaps almost inured, to such grim statistics. What we almost never hear about is the lives lived by the loved ones each murder victim leaves behind. Many parents of murdered children have turned to one another for support. by Eric Schlosser
Notes on the Twentieth Century There is no denying that the present century has fully earned its fearsome reputation, but it has also seen breakthroughs that we must endeavor to recognize, and to preserve. by Hans Koning

 

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