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Hyder Akbar's radio diary in Politics JoeUser Forums

from "This American Life" -- listen to the "teenage embed" file on TAL's homepage. The costs to individuals who are U.S. allies are [i]vividly[/i] portrayed here -- both the need for change in Afghanistan and the woefully underprepared American attempt to foster that change. I'm still practicing.

Welcome to Why? in Welcome JoeUser Forums

Why do Republicans fight country-of-origin labeling on imported food, yet protest importation of drugs from Canada? Why does the idea of a "public" whose welfare must be tended through taxes no longer resonate with Americans? I"m still practicing.