A Higher Calling

 An Anti-College Backlash?Americans are finally starting to ask: "Is all this higher education really necessary?" Read Article      

 America has opened peace talks with Taliban, says Afghan presidentAmerica is in peace discussions with the Taliban, the Afghan president has said, in the first official confirmation of direct contact between the foes.

 Greece to build 128-mile anti-migrant wall Greece has announced plans to build a controversial new wall along its 128 mile-long land border with Turkey to keep out illegal immigrants.Read Article      

Cheney Was President 'for All Practical Purposes'Wilkerson: "I can't speak to the psychosomatic or the genetic problems with heart attacks or whatever, but I can speak to power. He wanted desperately to be president of the United States... he knew the Texas governor was not steeped in anything but baseball, so he knew he was going to be president and I think he got his dream. He was president for all practical purposes for the first term of the Bush administration"