International Political Will

When tragedy or disease strikes someone wealthy – or one of their children – the family often uses their financial advantage to draw attention to the cause or to prevent similar tragedies.
After Christopher Reeve was paralyzed, he and his wife started a foundation to fund and research possible cures for spinal cord injuries. Michael J. [...]

Last week, I was saddened to learn that Brother Tim passed away. His “Blog of Revelation” was a collection of religious and political writings that always looked to help our world progress and grow.
I never met Brother Tim - I only knew him through his writing and the occasional e-mail. But I know he [...]

Off next week to East Africa, and won’t have any new posts until I return the last week of October.
Check back then for some (hopefully) interesting posts.

Tags: Yet To Be Determined

I stood outside of the stone-walled compound in rural northern Afghanistan passing time with a couple of UN drivers.
A young boy on a donkey ambled up and joined us, curious about the foreigner. Smiling, he began asking me questions, which were then translated by one of the drivers. Where are you from? What is your [...]

I’m off trekking in the Himalayas until the last week in May.
Thanks to all my loyal readers (amazingly, Google Analytics shows that I actually do have some – other than my mother). I hope you’ll check back at the end of May for a new post.
I thought I’d provide some links to my favorite reads [...]