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Santa, take a year off

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Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving where stores put on massive sales, has to be the most frustrating "national holiday" there is in this country.

Moms and dads will be elbowing other parents to get toys for their children. Crazy college students will be pulling all-nighters for brand new high-definition plasma televisions....


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Ted Rudow III,MA
Although peace has been the goal of mankind for thousands of years -- and the desire for peace is never so great as it is at Christmas -- it seems that our ability to find or establish peace continues to elude us.

Today, after the end of the Cold War, bloody hostilities continue on nearly every continent, reaching global proportions once again after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 in New York City, Washington, D.C., and near Pittsburgh. As Pete Seeger's well-known folk song from the '60s asked, "Where have all the flowers gone? When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?"

True peace on every level -- from international conflicts to our personal lives -- has become more difficult than ever to achieve.

Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad Student (class of 1996)
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War funding may cut college financial aid

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A Joint Economic Committee report released Nov. 13 concluded that it would cost the U.S. $3.5 trillion to continuing fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next 10 years, said Israel Klein, deputy staff director for the committee.

"The cost of the wars has been $1....


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Ted Rudow III,MA
Five years after the invasion of Iraq, like most Americans, I see the images of violence and bloodshed. Every picture is horrifying -- and the suffering is real. Amid all this violence, I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it, George Bush?

And again the answer is no!

American presidents can be a very bloodthirsty lot, as well as terrific liars when it comes to getting their way, while they criticize other world leaders who commit similar crimes. They have to account for their actions, or their war crimes, no matter how they may try to justify them.

Ted Rudow III,MA
Former Grad Student (class of 1996)
Menlo Park