UNSG in Serbia-Looking Forward or Past? (Photo Gallery)
UNSG Ban Ki-moon continued his tour of SE Europe with a stop in Belgrade. The UNs relationship with Serbia continues to be complex…
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Ivory Poaching Comes to New York
The last year has been the worst in more than a decade for poaching of elephants and rhinos. Much of the demand is driven by rapid…
Women’s Liberation in Mainland Afghanistan
Afghanistan was once a progressive independent country where women were treated equally. And this was just about 100 years ago. Sa…
Building Schools in Afghanistan and Central Asia - From Castiglioncello
Castiglioncello, Italy. My parents met there in the 1950's. This month I am spending one more summer with my family on the coast …
UNSG Visits Montenegro (Photo Gallery)
UNSG Ban Ki-moon continued his tour of SE Europe and the former Yugoslav Republics with a stop in Montenegro. By population the sm…
Republican Party of Lincoln & Teddy or Michelle Bachmann & Joe McCarthy?
Spewing xenophobia and having established herself as Uncle Sams and Gods chosen to choose who is fit to be American and Christian …
UNSG Visits Croatia (PHOTO Gallery)
UNSG Ban Ki Moon continues his visit to Southeast Europe two decades after the breakup of the former Yugoslavia and independence a…
Nobody Is Safe
Looking at current events in Afghanistan, when it comes to the people living there whether they're Afghan children, women, or men,…
Syria-Arab League Needed to Regain its Role
It had become more of a stand-off between the big powers than about Syrias neighbors or even that countrys citizens. While Kofi An…
US, Less Stimulus, Would Look Like Europe Today?
See todays Eurozone and the endless cycles of crisis to get the best view on what US may have looked like without stimulus. Europe…
