In other news...

My friends, it is a great time to be alive. Who would have thought that after winning the Cold War that there would be so much to do and see in the world? Time stops for no man, it would seem. Indeed, who among us would even of thought to see a terrorist attack perpetrated by Islamic extremists in New York or a war in Iraq. Fast forward past 1993 and who among us, I ask, would have thought to have seen these same things again? Perhaps some of us, but that is beyond the point. The point is that we are at war. Not a cold war of proxies and detante, but a global struggle as hot as they come.

Yet, I can not help but feel there is something missing in the news each day. After reading of suicide bombers, dead soldiers and civilians, and staying the course I wonder very much whether what I am reading today will be the near-futures front page story tomorrow. After all, yesterday's A14 news seemingly is today's front-page. What then of our own narrow-minded focus on the War on Terror and the news that is on today's A14? Will today's Pakistan turn in to tomorrow's Taliban Afghanistan? Will today's light-water reactor in Yongbyon again be used for tomorrow's nuclear stand-off in North Korea? As I said above, we live in some very interesting times.

In subsequent pieces I hope to illustrate this point with actual stories from the back of the paper that, while mentioned at least, are hardly garnering the attention they deserve.