As we slowed to a crawl from well above 100km/h I looked up from my work to see what had caused this interruption of incessant swerving back and forth. A half a dozen young boys were aggressively urging their 50 or so cattle and sheep across a narrow bridge, as this road was the only [...]
Once a year in Monterey, California the TED Conference is held. The purpose of these conferences (now also semi-annually all over the globe) is to bring together global leaders in science, arts, politics, global issues, architecture, music and other fields and to “exchange ideas of incalculable value.” Many of the speakers are recorded and their presentations are shown on the TED [...]
Want to learn a bit more about Peace Corps? How to get in? What it’s like once you are in? The age of the interweb and The Google has made it pretty easy to find out just about anything. Search for Peace Corps in the Google video search and you’ll come up with all kinds [...]
After leaving Peace Corps I thought that maybe I’d like to serve again, when I retire or when I’m at a transition point in my life that would allow for it. It never occurred to me to serve more than twice though I was pleasantly surprised to read about Margaret Pratley doing just that. Ms. [...]
In the August 4th Washington Post, this paragraph stuck out from the story “Gonzales Now Says Top Aides Got Political Briefings” : At the July 24 hearing, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) asked Gonzales whether any of “the leadership of the Department of Justice” had participated in political briefings, pointing to examples involving employees from [...]
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