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It was more than an ordinary drain problem. Certain pipes behind the bathtub had rusted and needed to be changed. That required the plumber to go through what he called the crawl space, an opening about a foot high and two feet wide to be able to enter the basement of the complex where all…

The anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall unleashed many recollections, tributes, promises. It was an occasion to remember human rights and those who still can’t live under them. Several heads of state had choice words while many columnists and pundits had theirs. Of all that was said the words of Sen. John McCain…

“Peace is not just the absence of conflict,’ said former President Clinton speaking at the American University in Dubai, “it is the presence of opportunity and co-operation and a sense of justice and fairness and movement.” It’s far from a new thought, I remember it from graduate school many years ago. But when someone with…