Posted in Uganda on April 21st, 2010 1 Comment »
On June 2 (in 7 weeks), I will return to the United States after four years abroad. I am doing a countdown from 10 – starting at 10 and ending with 1 the first week of June when I depart India. And then that’s it – the end. I’ll ride off into the sunset where [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Cambodia, India, Japan, Thailand, Uganda on April 14th, 2010 1 Comment »
On June 2 (in 8 weeks), I will return to the United States after four years abroad. I am doing a countdown from 10 – starting at 10 and ending with 1 the first week of June when I depart India. And then that’s it – the end. I’ll ride off into the sunset where [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Costa Rica, India, Japan, Kenya, Rwanda, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates on April 1st, 2010 3 Comments »
On June 2, I will return to the United States after four years abroad – 10 more weeks (I’m counting down the days to Mexican food…). Going with this theme, I will do a countdown from 10 – starting with this week at 10, and ending with 1 the first week of June when I [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Cambodia, India, Japan, Rwanda, Uganda, United Arab Emirates on January 27th, 2010 1 Comment »
If you need a taxi to the Mumbai airport from the neighborhood of Vashi, Sonu is the driver you want.
A ride to the airport from my area can take hours (though it’s probably only about 20 miles) – there’s a toll bridge to cross, no highway (so single-lane city streets are the only route), and [...]
Posted in Uganda, War of Misinformation on January 6th, 2010 4 Comments »
When a country allows religious extremists to export their dangerous ideology of hate and intolerance – Nigerian airline bombers coming from Yemen, CIA-assassinating Jordanian double-agents in Afghanistan, or anti-American clerics in Pakistan – it’s a problem.
But the origin and strain of religion sometimes affects the response.
At a press conference last October in Kampala, President Museveni [...]