AltWeeklies Wire
John Angolia, the Military Widow Shoppernew
A war memorabilia collector hits up widows of vets.
Tags: war & peace
An Iraq Vet's Oval Office Ambushnew
With war memories torturing him, Alexis Janicki tried to bust his way into the White House.
A Holiday Catalog of Bummingnew
'Tis the season for these street-corner regulars to go to work.
The Pitch |
Ben Paynter |
12-19-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Virtual Warnew
Military brass head to the Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth to learn from the mistakes in Iraq.
A Tale of Two Soldiersnew
Two Kansas City grunts who took bullets on the same day struggle with surviving the war.
Doc Offers Miracle in a Bottlenew
Dr. Edward McDonagh has been fighting Missouri’s medical establishment for years to defend his practice of treating all kinds of maladies with chelation therapy, which removes potentially harmful metals from the bloodstream.
Tags: Health & Science
Psychologist's Theory to Bring Peace Could Turn Soldiers Into Better Killersnew
Rachel MacNair argues that in war, the major stressor that causes post-traumatic stress disorder isn't watching a buddy die or coming under heavy fire from enemies. Instead, she believes, the key factor is killing someone else.
The Pitch |
Ben Paynter |
10-26-2004 |
International
Tags: Abortion, a member of PeaceWorks who has worked with the War Resisters League, battle fatigue, Lynn Cheatum, morality of killing, National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study, Perpetration Induced Traumatic Stress, Ph.D. candidate in psychology and sociology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, shell shock, the American Friends Service Committee and the Kansas City Interfaith Peace Alliance, international
