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85,000.
A dispatch from the Evil Reporter Chick….
85,000.
That’s how many Iraqis died in the war between 2004 and 2008.
Iraq’s human rights ministry released that grim number a week ago.
We keep an exact count of the number of Americans who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Or the number of British troops and other coalition members. But no one really counts the civilians. The children....
85,000.
A dispatch from the Evil Reporter Chick….
85,000.
That’s how many Iraqis died in the war between 2004 and 2008. Iraq’s human
rights ministry released that grim number a week ago.
We keep an exact count of the number of Americans who were killed in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Or the number of British troops and other coalition
members. But no one really counts the civilians. The children....
A different sort of revolutionary
Norman Borlaug died a few days ago. Who?
OK.
He is credited with saving millions from starvation. Not through philanthropy but with science.
He collaborated first with Mexican scientists and then with Indians and Pakistanis on efforts to improve wheat production. High-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties pioneered by Borlaug in the 1960s led to successful increases in food production and earned...
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