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War is Hell
— The newly inaugurated “Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent” (a project of Osama bin Laden’s successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri) failed spectacularly in its maiden mission in September when it attempted to commandeer an American aircraft
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Austin
I and my wife Chelsea’s food mission in Austin started with a visit to Hopdoddy Burger Bar on South Congress Street. Two of my oldest friends, Brian and Sherard, agreed to meet us, and
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How Dangerous Is Ebola?
Epidemics, pandemics and plagues have played a huge role in the history of mankind, but, in this age of modern medicine, the danger posed by viruses has often been overlooked or considered a thing
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Down De Stretch Day Come
A few months ago, we used de racin’ term dat usta be de slogan for Evangeline Downs in Lafayette — “Il son partit” — which means dar day go. An’ dat’s what all de
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Scary And Really, Really Fast
We’re living in a time when we don’t have to watch disaster movies to see suspenseful stories about fast-spreading scary diseases. My story on such diseases (“The Scaries,” Lagniappe, Oct. 2, p. 36), demonstrated
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