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The experienced climber is well above 8,000 meters when the initial wave of atrophy occurs. The early symptoms are quite subtle – narrow breathing, cramping limbs, perhaps the sudden, stilted loss of equilibrium. One is well within the summit push … Read More … Read More

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The bigger the war, the more incomprehensible its depths. That dynamic may very well explain why the majority of war-epic directors tend to zero in on a specific regimen or event, using it as a microcosm for the more deplorable … Read More … Read More

“When we passed the Affordable Care Act, there were a number of components to it. A big part of it was essentially providing a Patients’ Bill of Rights that Americans and advocates have been fighting for for decades. What we … Read More

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“I tend to shy away from overt politics in my writing because human problems will go on forever. The problems of living that we all face – no matter where we live throughout the world – is that there are … Read More

He was standing there, upper-torso burrowed deep inside Mike’s Eagle Premier, when I emerged from The Vacationer. He was wearing dark tan work boots under worn and faded jeans, the entire length of which ran dabbed with splattered paint and … Read More … Read More

“You have to be a brat in order to carve out your parameters, and you have to be a monster to anyone who gets in your way. But sometimes it’s difficult to know when that’s necessary and when you’re just … Read More

One of the most fascinating aspects of the DC Sniper case is how riveted the American public remained throughout the height of it, and how quickly that fascination dissipated once the fugitives were apprehended. Now, granted, a great deal of … Read More … Read More

Post-Katrina-radical-turned-FBI-informant Brandon Darby considers himself a patriot, but he identifies much more as a control junkie. This may have a direct correlation with the fact that Darby held so little sway over his own situation throughout childhood. He grew up … Read More … Read More