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EZMERAI AHMADI: A PERSONAL UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN

Written by TRACY BINDEL Posted September 1, 2021 Filed Under: Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Photos

The coffins of Ezmerai Ahmadi and his family at their funeral. Photo by an Afghani present at the funeral.

An American mourns the life of a close friend taken by one of the final US drone strikes of a senseless 20-year war

Filed Under: Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Photos Tagged With: afghanistan, America, attack, blessing, death, drone, eulogy, Family, friend, Innocent, Kabul, memorial, military, Peace, revolution, Taliban, US, victim, war

MIT’S COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER HAS HIS OWN CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL

Written by SAUL TANNENBAUM Posted June 1, 2020 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

UT Chancellor William McRaven at LBJ Library CIA President's Daily Brief Release Event. LBJ Library photo by Gabriel Cristóver Pérez. Public Domain.

It was MIT’s Commencement Day Friday May 24, a bit of a surreal event for a campus that’s largely been evacuated due the COVID-19 pandemic. By all accounts, this virtual event was a tour de force, with technical gimmicks and congratulations sent from space. But it was also held in the shadow of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and the ensuing protests.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: afghanistan, Black Lives Matter, civilian, commencement, George Floyd, military, MIT, opinion, Police, Rafael Reif, slider, violence, William McRaven

MASS (KIND OF) HAS WEED, STILL OTHERS SUFFER ELSEWHERE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 5, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

The hypocrisy and stubbornness is only compounded when pondering the plight of veterans, who in many cases literally have to break the law in order to get much-needed relief for injuries sustained while serving Uncle Sam and all of us.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: afghanistan, Big Pharma, cannabis, Combat Photographer, iraq, medical marijuana, New York Times, opiates, PTSD, Shooting Ghosts, soldiers, Thomas Brennan, traumatic brain injury, U.S. Marine, war

PEARL HARBOR: AFGHANISTAN WAR VET OPENS KITCHEN IN FOOD-LESS JP DIVE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 26, 2014 Filed Under: Eats

IMAGE BY MIKE SHWARTZ

 

On a Saturday morning just after 11am, Albert Pisani is peeling the translucent skin off onions he sliced the night before. He put them through a multistep process: rinse, dip in batter, and toss in breadcrumbs. He makes four onion rings at a time.

 

“We’re a dive ...  read more

Filed Under: Eats Tagged With: afghanistan, albert pisani, bar rescue, bartender, burgers, cheap, chowhound, Dig Boston, DigBoston, diner, dive bar, drinking fountain, elizabeth mcdermott, fries, hot dogs, iraq, Jamaica Plain, janitor, john tapper, jp, keno, linda hardy, nancy pearl pisani, onion rings, spike tv, sriracha, veteran, yelp

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