Farewell Camp Victory – Baghdad’s Boomtown, Death Star and OK Corral rolled into one.
By Dominic Di-Natale, World Affairs Contributor There was no better way to arrive at Camp Victory than by the Rhino, an armored bus lined with Kevlar so thick the vehicle’s suspension coils would pop quicker than prom queen’s garter. The Rhino would run from the Green Zone (before it was renamed the IZ) through Baghdad’s affluent neighborhoods and down the airport road that during the height of the violence was ... read more
























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Maggie Kerkman
April 14, 2011 11:39 AM
Texas May Get New Highways with 85 MPH
Legislation is working its way through the Texas statehouse that would allow future highways to have speed limits of up to 85 miles per hour. Texas already has about 500 miles of rural interstate that allow 80 miles per hour. None of those or any other existing roads would change. The 85 mile per hour limit would only apply to newly constructed roads that are engineered ... read more