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The opinions of THE LATEST's guest contributors are their own.
The opinions of THE LATEST's guest contributors are their own.
Threats of War, Promises of Peace.
America watchers noted with concern reports of military unease during the last days of the Trump administration and calls for civil war at the news of the recent FBI search warrant on Mar-a-Lago. South African military plans mobilization as instigators of political unrest face the tribunal. And observers laud Kenyan electoral maturity.
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In Taking the Measure of President Biden and America, China Finds Both Wanting
Biden practically, if unintentionally, talked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi into visiting Taiwan to maintain American credibility, which he then undermined with his tepid support for her visit to the island Beijing regards as a renegade province.
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Keeping the Peace, Building Nations
Africa has its usual quota of bad news: violence, yet again, in the east of the Congo, corruption in South Africa, protests in Guinea. We heard it all before. Yet there is good news also, sometimes hidden in the mundane, the everyday news. Elections in Kenya is an important building block in the democratic future. Adversity grows nations, pressure turns coal into diamonds.
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Wild Images
It's about survival out there. We imagine a Disney world of butterflies, lions smelling the lilies and elephants smooching. A return to nature quickly reminds us that special military operations, threats of war and nuclear weapons are relatively irrelevant in the real world of nature. Life here, every day, revolves around survival. And it is threatened by humanity.
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Julia Roberts to Be Honored by the Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
The star of Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich will be recognized for her contributions to the arts at the 2nd annual Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures Gala on October 15. Actors Tilda Swinton, Miky Lee, and director Steve McQueen will also be honored.
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Prepping - a Contrarian View
There are preppers everywhere, learning, or pretending to make swords, stock up on ammunition, preparing hide-aways in some forest where they would live off the land although their forebears could not and moved to town. The African experience of surviving under conditions of partial or total collapse teaches different lessons.
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Election Watch: Kenya and Lesotho
Elections are looming in these two African countries. Observers watch as the political parties and other leaders ready themselves for the campaigns. Some key points to watch are whether ethnicity will play a role, what role economic issues will play, and whether democracy will win.
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Seventeen Top Games In The NFL 2022 Season
My, how things have changed. The Bucs, Titans, Chiefs, and Cowboys are no longer locks to win their divisions. The NFL will stage cliffhangers weekly, but which games do we fans target? Clearly, most fans watch the home team, and almost all fans tune in for the playoffs, but some fans also check out marquee games during the regular season. So, with the benefit of my 20-20 foresight, fans now have my revised list of which 17 games are top picks — 'must-see TV'.
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