Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz advises that contractors in Iraq are now shipping sand from Kuwait to Iraq to make money…just another way to plunder our coffers… and our military are dying to provide security in the process.
When my oldest son, a Marine, left for war and crossed the border from Kuwait into Iraq in March 2003 I started writing my conscience. After two tours that young combat veteran’s mother is now an ardent peace activist and advocate for social, environmental and economic justice.
MGx has matured since those early vents and ramblings and now covers relevant and important local and regional matters in addition to national and global affairs.