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Should US send troops to fight Mexican drug cartels? It's not a good idea.

3/21/2023 by : Gustavo A. Flores-Macías , USA Today

Cornell government professor: "As long as there is demand for drugs in the United States, no military operation, even by highly trained U.S. forces, will prove effective in reducing drug trafficking."

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Father's Day: I'm a writer because of my dad, but he is still my most challenging subject

6/21/2020 by : Ray Jayawardhana , USA Today

This article in USA Today is the first attempt by Ray Jayawardhana, Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of astronomy, to write about his father—his inspiration and most difficult subject.

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30 years after 'pale blue dot' photo of Earth, the coronavirus reminds us of our fragility

5/8/2020 by : Ray Jayawardhana , USA Today

In this great big universe we call home, we are dependent on each other to get through this crisis, writes Ray Jayawardhana, Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of astronomy, in an op-ed article in USA Today.

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Solar eclipse offers moon-walk moment: Science is all the rage

8/18/2017 by : Philip Nicholson , USA Today

In this USA Today opinion piece, astronomy Professor Philip Nicholson writes that Monday's solar eclipse could have impacts beyond a one-day event.