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Haiti: the Pain of a Nation

As reported by the oldest worldwide news agency in the world, the Associated Press, another school has collapsed in the land of my ancestors, Haiti. That’s two in less than a week, for a combined death toll of nearly 100 and some 150 injured.

The country, where Mother Nature’s wrath, in the form of four [...]

The Passing of a Legend

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Miriam Makeba (March 4, 1932-November 9, 2008), also known as “Mama Africa”, died last night as she finished her set in Castel Volturno, Italy, at a concert organized in support of writer Roberto Saviano, who has been taking a stand against the Camorra, a Mafia related organization. She was 76.

South [...]

No more excuses

I was very surprised to realize that the very historic and convincing election of Barack Obama to the Presidency of the United States has changed my own perception of the world. I spent the 5th of November (“Remember, remember, the fifth of November…“) thinking about one thing only: never again will a black male, [...]

The World’s First President?

The American election of 2008 has become a world-wide event of monumental proportions, in part because of the sheer stature of Barack Obama, a man whose name and lineage both make him a man of the world.
Born to a white mother and a Kenyan father, raised in Indonesia by his stepfather, he is a man [...]

Earth Hour 2008

In the fight against global warming (more specifically, our impact on said phenomenon), it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the details and the political rhetoric. Australia’s chapter of the World Wildlife Federation started a project designed to get people around the world to take action, with one simple step. The time for that [...]

Darfur

Today I had a fairly long conversation with my mother, and she was kind enough to point out I hadn’t updated my blog in way too long (thanks mom, you are absolutely right!). Our conversation at the time had to do with education and the rearing of children. I spent the next 10 [...]

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