Howard writes on science, books, movies and news for Blogcritics and on his own blogs from the border of North and Central America.
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From Israel's Holocaust Museum: The Diary Of A Young Girl Waiting for Death
She was a teenager a short time and then she was killed.
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Astronauts Preparing To Ride The Rocket
The astronauts have feet of clay but their spirits soar to the stars.
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Hubble Shoots A Sexy Galaxy
It looks like us but its central bulge is larger and so is its black hole.
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Beware Of The New Wave Of Virtual Kidnapping
Cyber-crime has added virtual kidnappings to its real world terrors. You could lose more than money.
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Jounalism Is Risky Business In Latin America
Cuban journalist gets four years for "pre-criminal dangerousness", while tv people disappear in Mexico.
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Book Review: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
“The Bay crawled with whitecaps like maggots seething in a broad wound.” Journey to the sea on knotty words.
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Book Review: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Comfort food for the mind and a heroine for the pre-teen set. King wrote a sweet but exciting tale.
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Grief Beyond Grief: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
The Virginia monster is one traumatic tragedy of evil. Most grieve and slowly heal. PTSD waits for some. Help them.
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Mexico's Crackdown On Drug Violence Came To My Door Today
The Mexican government is trying to control the rampant drug-related violence of its borders. Today it walked in my door.
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Femicide: A Growing Stain on the World's Conscience
Murder and torture of women continues. Bush ignored it during his Latin American tour. When are world leaders going to address these crimes? emphasized more?
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