Category Archives: Current Events

4 Bleak New Year’s Predictions

By David Xia | Published: January 3, 2010
It's a new year, and already the world's off to a rough start. Last night I found myself telling a friend about my predictions for 2010. They're bleak. Maybe I have a fascination with the macabre and apocalyptic. But remember, if any of them turn out to be true, you saw it here first.
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Fort Hood Shooter Tied to Radical Cleric

By David Xia | Published: November 10, 2009
The front page of the Times broke the story of how Major Hasan, the army officer who killed 13 people at Fort Hood last week, was communicating with a radical Yemini cleric since last year. Not only that, but US intelligence agencies knew about it long ago.
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More On Why Health Care Reform Matters

By David Xia | Published: November 9, 2009
For an exhaustive analysis of the situation that may tell you more than you ever want to know, read my article here.
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If You Do Drugs, the Terrorists Win!

By David Xia | Published: October 20, 2009
10,000 is the number of tons of illegal opium that opium-trafficking guerrillas have secretly stockpiled - enough to satisfy every dope fiend in the world for 2 years. We're no longer in Kansas...
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Should Young Adults Give a S**T About Health Care?

By David Xia | Published: October 19, 2009
"Health care? Pass. I'm going to buy me a stereo system."
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