The Kenya Food Security Steering Group – a consortium of Kenyan government officials, UN agencies, foreign aid officials, and NGOs – stated in a new report that the food security of 2.5 million Kenyans is threatened by an extended drought period in certain parts of the country. There are also more than 7 million Kenyans […]
Children’s mouths speak the truth. -Chinese proverb. Listen to the words that come out of the mouths of babes and you will hear the truth. Just ask any parent who has shuddered in horror as their child asks an overweight person if they are pregnant, or just yelled “mommy, that guy is fat”. When I […]
“How China sees the world” is on the cover of this week’s Economist. The article discusses China’s ascent and increasing assertiveness in international affairs. “Already a big idea has spread far beyond China: that geopolitics is now a bipolar affair, with America and China the only two that matter.” But, as the piece correctly points […]
The world should never forget. This documentary tells the tales of several Hungarian Jews who survived the camps in World War II. Their stories are heartbreaking and still fresh in their minds more than 50 years later. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/H6HG0iNHREo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] One woman tells of how she wore her favorite swimsuit under her […]
In honor of Nowruz, United States President Barack Obama recorded a message to the people and leaders of Iran calling for a “new day” of engagement “grounded in mutual respect.” “The United States wants the Islamic Republic of Iran to take its rightful place in the community of nations. You have that right — but […]
I got back about an hour ago from walking my daughter to school. We live in a big city with a big park through which my wife or I walk the kid. It was snowing this morning – one of those intense squalls that come to us here in late winter and early spring. It […]
The spiralling Syrian regime is yet again imposing its heavy hand on pro-democracy activists. People who dare challenge Damascus, the brave individuals who face persecution and yet persist to tell the truth, are being rounded up and thrown in jail. And to imagine, that at one point in 2000, political prisoners were released and reforms […]
On February 26th, following the Oscar and media hype over the film Slumdog Millionaire, I post the piece, The Reality of Slumdog Millionaire’, in which I highlighted the extreme difficulty in escaping India’s slums, and the harsh reality that money is only a band-aid solution to solving the problem’s of poverty. Money alone cannot bring […]
Today the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar spoke to oil executives and stated: Just as your shareholders expect you to get a fair rate of return on your investments and to be wise stewards of your balance sheets, the American people are asking the same of us as we manage their resources Bravo, Ken. […]
Question: What happens when an 80% shareholder of a company decides that the $165 million in bonuses contracted to employees prior to the purchase of shares are an abuse of the over $170 billion given in taxpayer bailout? Answer: American International Group CEO, Edward Liddy, asks bonus recipients who received $100,000 or more to return […]
Whether you eat, sleep, and breathe philanthropy or whether you can barely pronounce the word, the entire sector revolves around personal choice. No matter how fancy or interactive our industry is able to make the word, the feeling, the community – the decision on when, where, or whether to participate will always be based on […]
It hasn’t been very long, as these things go, that this World Cup class assemblage of players has been in place. Many of the top deputies at the agencies and staffers at the White House are still in the pipeline. Yet, as we’ve seen, they are moving and, dare I say it, grooving. They’ve definitely […]
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