Tag Archives: human rights

Silence is the Enemy

A rare cross pos­ting from Dar­fur: An Unfor­gi­va­ble Hell on Earth.
There is clearly a debate as to whether all publi­city is good publi­city. We won’t get into that here, but I lean on the side of usually, with excep­tions. “Silence is Not Gol­den”. As I’ve writ­ten about the situa­tion in the Congo here many

We Are The World We Can’t Save It

I’ve made it through a lovely few days with no news or tele­vi­sion. Tons of con­ver­sa­tion and good cheer only, a cal­ming expe­rience which even the obli­ga­tion to work didn’t dam­pen.
Pre­fe­rring to learn even on my time off from offi­cial aca­de­mia I was able to ful­fill my off-time lear­ning quota while sip­ping Pinot Gri­gio and

Old School Friday To Come  — New Job Friday is Here

I’m going to let the poli­ti­cal chips fall where they may this wee­kend  –  except to note that the DNC has sta­ted they will no lon­ger accept lobb­yist money. With Obama’s team taking over  —   having done so well rai­sing money without the use of spe­cial inte­rests  —  they will dis­miss lobb­ying money, and by doing this they

Am I Not Human

Once a month, on the 27th, a cam­paign to remind us we are not alone.
A cam­paign, small at this time but sure to grow, in which a sim­ple ques­tion is asked.

AM I NOT HUMAN
We can sit by an ratio­na­lize on how the Olym­pic games are about ath­le­tes, sports­manship, and coming together. We can try to con­vince our­sel­ves