Just a few thoughts, as I watch CNN’s Anderson Cooper report.
There is nothing to do, and there is everything to do.
The current problem is one of not enough resources. As I watch a family of men trying to extract a young girl, 13 years old, I cannot help but wonder: what is going through their [...]
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January 14th, 2010 | Tags: Earthquake, Family, Haiti, Natural Disaster | Category: Personal, world events | Leave a comment
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My heart is truly in pain, looking at these pictures. Please donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting the word ‘Haiti’ to 90999, or $5 to Wyclef Jean’s “Yélé Ha&itrema;ti Earthquake Fund” by texting YELE to 501501. Click the Yélé image to visit Wyclef’s site. Obviously, this is only a preliminary Gallery. I will add [...] January 14th, 2010 | Tags: Earthquake, Family, Haiti, Natural Disaster | Category: world events | Leave a comment
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I had not thought I’d be essentially reopening The Brown Study with such a dire story, but it so happens that this one touches me pretty directly: although Haiti is not my nation, it is the land of my ancestors, and I have family there, including a cousin, Marie Jo Bredy, and “Granny” Serette, who [...] January 12th, 2010 | Tags: Earthquake, Haiti, Haiti National Palace, Natural Disaster | Category: Personal, world events | Leave a comment
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I happen to believe racism isn’t a matter of power, but a question about prejudice dependent on someone’s ethnicity or skin color: yes, non-whites can be racist. Honestly, I’ve personally known more racist black people than white. It’s prejudice and fear of the most horrific kind, because the intended targets can’t do a [...] May 29th, 2009 | Tags: racism, Sexism, Sotomayor | Category: Politics, Social Commentary | Leave a comment
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April 27th, 2009 | Tags: children | Category: Health & Wellness, world events | Leave a comment
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The First Family met with her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II yesterday, a meeting that was shown over and over again on all the news channels. I’m pretty sure it’s not only the American networks, either. What caught my attention, however, is the one person who’s never talked about unless he’s saying something outrageous again. [...] 60 minutes – Earth Hour.March 28, 2009 8:30PM – 9:30PM YOUR timeNow there’s an intriguing title! That’s the theme of this year’s Earth Hour campaign. At the start of what can be described as a banner year by all accounts, and with so much going on no matter what country you live in, [...] March 9th, 2009 | Tags: Earth Hour, Global warming, social action | Category: Social Commentary, world events | Leave a comment
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In a previous post about the various political and social “-isms”, I discussed some of the more commonly known economic systems, and debated the whys and hows of America’s rejection of most of these. What I didn’t mention is a concept my husband and I call “enlightened self-interest”. Enlightened Self-Interest works like this: whenever I [...] February 28th, 2009 | Tags: American society, Family, Health Care, Social Commentary, society | Category: Health & Wellness, Social Commentary | Leave a comment
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Truth allows you to live with integrity. Everything you do and say shows the world who you really are. Let it be the Truth. ~ Oprah Winfrey1 February 12th, 2009 | Tags: integrity, moral high ground, Obama, truth | Category: Politics, Social Commentary | Leave a comment
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Haiti Quake: Day 10 – Miracles, Hope, and Despair
It is now day 10 since the Enriquillo Fault line twitched, sending buildings crashing on top of nearly 3 million people, chasing those not caught in the debris into the streets. Despite all the odds, people keep emerging from the rubble that was downtown Port-au-Prince, hungry, dehydrated, but alive.
In the past week alone, I [...]