At the end of former Vice President Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth, tips are offered to help reduce the threat of global warming: Use florescent light bulbs, drive less, and recycle more. Build new nuclear power plants? Not on the list. And yet, these days, nuclear power increasingly is touted as a safe, clean […]
Dan Frosch
Dan Frosch is a New York-based freelance writer. His investigation of VA services, “Bringing the war home,” was published Dec. 16 and is available at www.illinoistimes.com.
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VA under fire
More than any other war in U.S. history, the conflict in Iraq has provoked a surge of concern for soldiers returning home bearing the psychological burdens of battle. From the war’s first days, veterans’ groups, mental-health organizations, and some members of Congress have claimed that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is unprepared to treat […]
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Bringing the war home
The first time Kristin Peterson’s husband hit her, she was asleep in their bed. She awoke that night a split second after Joshua’s fist smashed into her face and ran, terrified and crying, to the bathroom to wipe the blood spurting from her nose. When she stuck her head back into the bedroom, there he […]
